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EXTENSION  SERIES  NO.  45 


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The  University  Home  and  School 
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SECOND  EDITION 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXAS 

AUSTIN,  TEXAS 
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SIX  TIMES  A  MONTH 


EXTENSION  SERIES  NO.  45  MARCH  25,  1914 


The  University  Home  and  School 
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SECOND  EDITION 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXAS 

AUSTIN,  TEXAS 
Entered  as  second-class  mail  matter  at  the  postoffice  at   Austin.  Texas 


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CONTENTS 


Preface 


Purposes  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  ........  9 

Meaning  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  ....  9 

What  the  League  Should  Do  for  the  Commmnity  ........  9 

What  the  League  Should  Do  for  Country  Life  ..........  9 

What  the  University  Can  Do  for  the  League  ............  11 

County  and  State  Meetings  ..........................  12 

What  the  Community  Should  Contribute  to  the  League.  .  13 

Desire  to  Help  all  Organizations  .....................  13 

The  Organization  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  —  • 

How  to  Begin  ......................................  15 

Temporary  and  Permanent  Organizations  ..............  15 

Hints   to    Teachers,    County    Superintendents,    and   other 

Leaders    .....  ....................................  16 

Activities  of  the  League  — 

Agricultural  Talks  and  Lectures  ......................  18 

Exhibits    ..........................................  18 

Business  and  Co-operative  Enterprises  .................  19 

Local  Talent   ......................................  19 

The  Teacher's  Opportunity  ...........................  20 

Discussion  of  Public  Questions  .........  •  ............  '.  .  20 

G  ames  and  Athletics  ................................  25 

The   Package   Library  ...............................  26 

Parliamentary  Drill   ................................  27 

Newspapers    .......................................  ,27 

Music    .....................................  .......  28 

Entertainment  Features   .............................  28 

Contests    ...................................  !  .......  28 

School  Entertainments  and  Exhibits  ...........  .......  28' 

Social  Times  and  the  Library  ...................  .....  29 

Home  Welfare   ...........  .'  .........................  29 

For  Women  — 

1.  Study  Classes  ..............................  30 

2.  Lectures  and  Demonstrations  .................  31 

3.  Local   One-  Week  School  ......................  32 

Entertainments    ..................................  33 

Rally  Contests  ...................................  34 

For  "Girls  and  Boys  ...............................  34 

Bibliography  on  Home  Welfare  .....................  34 

Lectures    ........................................  37 

Home  Study  for  Members  of  League  ......  ..........  40 


4  CONTENT.-. 

General  Suggestions  to  Program  Committee — 

Material  for  Good  Roads  Program 44 

Subjects  for  Good  Roads  Program 4.~> 

Model  Program  for  German  Community 40 

Model  Program — Banks  and  the  Farmer 47 

Model  Program — Marketing  of  Perishable  Farm  Products  47 

Program  on  Rural  Credits 48 

Thanksgiving  Day  Program 49 

Washington's  Birthday  and  Arbor  Day  Program 49 

Health  Program   50 

Better  Country  Homes  Program 51 

Improvement  of  Rural  Schools  Program 52 

Program  on  Dairying 53 


References  to  Literature  on   Social   Center   Work   and 
Life    ..; 56 

Constitution  for  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  ...   58 


DEPARTMENT  OF  EXTENSION 
OFFICERS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

SIDNEY  EDWARD  MEZES.  Pn.  D.,  President  of  the  University. 
F.  M.  BRALLEY,  Director  of  the  Department  of  Extension. 
SAM  C.  POLK,  Secretary  to  the  Director. 


L.  W.  PAYNE,  JR.,  PH.  D.,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Correspondence 
Instruction. 

W.  ETHEL  BARRON,  Registrar  of  the  Division  of  Correspondence 
Instruction. 

CHARLES  B.  AUSTIN,  M.  A.,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Public  Wel- 
fare. 

GL  S.  WEHRWEIN,  A.  B.,  Lecturer  and  Specialist  on  Co-operation, 
Division  of  Public  Welfare. 

E.  D.  SHURTER,  PH.  B.,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Public  Discussion. 

A.  J.  ROBINSON,  B.  A.,  Lecturer  and  Athletic  Organizer,  Division 
of  Public  Discussion. 

MARY  E.  GEARING,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Home  Welfare. 

JESSIE  P.  RICH,  B.  S.,  Lecturer  on  Domestic  Economy,  Division 
of  Home  Welfare. 

FRANCES  LOWEN,  Lecturer  on  Domestic  Economy,  Division  of 
Home  Welfare. 

E.  V.  WHITE,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Information  and  Exhibits. 

AMANDA  STOLTZFUS,  L.  I.,  Lecturer  on  Rural  Schools,  Division 
of  Information  and  Exhibits. 

EDWARD  E.  DAVIS,  B.  A.,  Lecturer  and  Organizer  of  University 
Home  and  School  Leagues,  Division  of  Information  and  Ex- 
hibits. 

JOHN  A.  LOMAX,  M.  A.,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Public  Lectures 
and  Publicity. 

A.  CASWELL  ELLIS,  PH.  D.,  Head  of  the  Division  of  Child  Welfare. 

N.  L.  HOOPINGARNER,  B.  A.,  Assistant  in  the  Division  of  Child 
Welfare. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  HOME  AND  SCHOOL  LEAGUE 


PREFACE 

Realizing  the  widespread  need  of  a  more  'generous  use  of  the 
school  house  as  a  center  for  the  expression  of  community  interests 
and  activities,  the  Department  of  Extension  of  the  University  of 
Texas  has  decided  to  assist  in  organizing  and  fostering  the  Uni- 
versity Home  and  School  League.  The  economic,  the  educational, 
the  social,  and  the  religious  demands  of  the  people  make  necessary 
a  closer  co-operation  of  the  school,  the  home,  and  the  church  of 
the  community.  This  bulletin  attempts  to  give  helpful  informa- 
tion for  the  community  in  which  the  people  desire  to  organize  a 
University  Home  and  School  League;  and  indicates  briefly  some 
of  the  service  which  the  University,  as  the  head  of  the  public  school 
system  of  the  State,  can  render  the  organizers  and  the  workers 
of  the  League.  No  attempt  is  made  to  treat  the  subject  of  the 
social  center  exhaustively  in  this  bulletin,  but  enough  information 
is  given  to  be  of  genuine  service  to  the  people  of  any  community 
who  desire  to  better  organize  their  business,  educational,  social, 
and  religious  activities.  This  work  offers  an  especially  attractive 
opportunity  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  or  to  the 
teacher  for  wise,  helpful  and  inspiring  leadership  in  the  improve- 
ment of  the  schools  and  in  the  improvement  of  community  life. 
From  time  to  time  bulletins,  leaflets,  programs,  and  other  helpful 
material  for  use  in  the  University  Home  and  School  League  will 
be  issued  by  the  Department  of  Extension. 

For  advice,  information,  assistance,  or  literature  with  respect  to 
any  phase  of  the  work  of  the  League,  the  officers  of  the  League, 
or  other  persons  interested,  should  address  E.  E.  Davis,  University 
Station,  Austin,  Texas. 

F.  M.  BRALLEY. 


PURPOSES  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  HOME  AND  SCHOOL 

LEAGUE 


MEANING  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  HOME  AND  SCHOOL  LEAGUE 

Obviously  the  University  Home  and  School  League  means  the 
co-operation  of  the  home,  the  school,  the  church,  and  the  other 
resources  of  the  community  for  mutual  improvement.  Its  busi- 
ness is  concerned  with  every  legitimate  interest  or  enterprise  of 
the  community.  Whether  a  general  meeting  of  the  people  for 
business  and  social  reasons,  or  an  organization  called  the  grange, 
the  social  center,  the  civic  league,  or  the  University  home  and 
school  league,  its  means  and  objects  are  the  same — it  is  a  bring- 
ing together  of  the  people  for  intellectual  improvement,  for  social 
recreation,  and  for  community  betterment. 

WHAT  THE  LEAGUE  SHOULD  DO  FOR  THE  COMMUNITY 

The  organization  of  an  effective  University  Home  and  School 
League  in  any  community  is  an  invaluable  asset  to  all  the  people. 
It  deals  primarily  Avith  the  educational  and  social  features  of  the 
local  community.  It  disseminates  knowledge  among  the  people. 
It  promotes  the  spirit  of  good  fellowship.  It  furnishes  an  oppor- 
tunity to  get  acquainted.  It  offers  an  expression  for  the  universal 
craving  for  companionship.  It  provides  free  and  open  discussion, 
and  thereby  opposes  radicalism.  It  augments  the  spirit  of  co- 
operation, thus  adding  to  the  strength  of  the  community's  re- 
sources. It  gives  an  opportunity  for  self-expression  as  well  as  an 
opportunity  for  all  to  learn  what  each  knows  best.  It  enables  a 
community  to  study  intelligently  the  most  pressing  needs  of  local 
importance.  It  helps  the  church,  the  home,  the  school.  But  it  is 
more  democratic  than  either  the  church,  the  lodge,  or  the  school — 
it  is  the  non-sectarian,  non-partisan  organization  of  a  sovereign 
democracy. 

WHAT  THE  LEAGUE  SHOULD  DO  FOR  COUNTRY  LIFE 

No  intelligent  person  now  questions  the  statement  that  the 
country  should  be  the  most  desirable  place  in  which  to  live;  and 


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there  is  no  reason  why  living  in  the  country  should  not  be  the 
simplest,  the  happiest,  the  most  desirable  life  of  all. 

During  the  past  twenty-five  years  the  emigration  from  the 
country  to  the  town  or  city  has  been  going  on  at  an  alarming 
rate.  In  many  parts  of  the  country  the  population  of  the  rural 
sections  is  almost  depleted.  Investigations  made  by  eminent  au- 
thorities during  the  past  decade  generally  agree  that  the  one  cause 
contributing  most  to  this  condition  is  the  lack  of  social  recreation. 
The  old-time  corn-huskings,  log-rollings,  quiltings,  and  other  forms 
of  community  fellowship  and  co-operation,  have  passed  away  with- 
out leaving  acceptable  substitutes. 

If  the  depletion  of  the  country  of  its  best  blood  is  to  cease, 
and  if  the  tide  of  population  is  to  be  turned  back,  there  must  be 
no  stinting  or  starving  of  the  social  instincts.  Organized  effort 
must  be  provided  to  meet  these  fundamental  needs  of  the  home, 
the  school,  the  church,  and  the  other  expressions  of  the  people's 
social,  educational  and  industrial  needs.  "Conference  modifies  and 
improves  thought ;  sovereignty  comes  with  co-operation,"  says  Pres- 
ident Woodrow  Wilson.  These  are  some  of  the  things  which  the 
University  Home  and  School  League' should  do  for  the  country  life 
of  Texas. 

SCHOOLHOUSE  THE  PLACE  FOR  SUCH  MEETINGS 

Men  of  the  same  community  differ  widely  upon  political  and 
religious  questions;  but  they  do  not  differ  upon  the  question  of 
making  the  country  the  most  desirable  place  in  which  to  live. 
Where,  then,  should  these  community  or  neighborhood  conferences 
be  held  ?  The  schoolhouse  is  unquestionably  the  logical  place.  It 
is  the  common  property  of  all  the  neighborhood;  and  it  is  the 
only  property  which  bears  without  exception  this  unique  relation 
to  the  people  of  every  locality. 

An  astonishingly  small  per  cent  of  the  people  make  use  of  the 
school  plant  in  the  absence  of  community  organization.  "School- 
houses  have  become  monuments  of  neglected  opportunity.  It  is 
no  exaggeration  to  say  that  in  making  the  schoolhouse  the  forum 
of  the  people,  lies  the  chief  hope  of  perpetuating  the  republic  and 
its  institutions."  Upon  this  point  the  following  is  an  excerpt 
from  an  address  delivered  by  President  Woodrow  Wilson  before  the 
First  National  Conference  on  Civic  and  Social  Center  Develop- 


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ment,  at  Madison,  Wisconsin:  "Is  it  not  significant  that  this 
thing  (the  social  center  movement)  is  being  erected  upon  the 
foundation  .originally  laid  in  America,,  where  we  saw  from  the  first 
that  the  schoolhouse  and  the  church  were  to  he  the  pillars  of  the 
Eepublic?  Is  it  not  significant  that  as  if  by  instinct  we  return 
to  those  sources  of  liberty  undefiled  which  we  find  in  the  common 
meeting  place,  in  the  place  owned  by  everybody,  in  the  place  where 
nobody  can  be  excluded,  in  the  place  to  which  everybody  comes  as 
by  right?  *  *  *  And  it  seems  to  me  that  the  schoolhouses 
dotted  here,  there  and  everywhere,  over  the  great  expanse  of  this 
nation,  will  some  day  prove  to  be  the  roots  of  that  great  tree  of 
liberty  which  shall  spread  for  the  sustenance  and  protection  of  all 
mankind." 

The  use  of  the  schoolhouse  of  the  community  should  not  be  lim- 
ited to  one-fifth  of  the  population  for  a  short  period  during  each 
year.  There  are  more  than  nine  thousand  schoolhouses  in  Texas, 
and  each  is  a  potential  factor  for  service  in  behalf  of  the  four  of 
every  five  persons  who  do  not  attend  the  public  school  in  the 
average  community.  One  State  in  the  Union  makes  it  compulsory 
upon  the  board  of  trustees  to  open  the  public  schoolhouse  for  the 
various  social  center  activities.  The  laws  of  Texas  make  the  dis- 
trict board  of  school  trustees  the  legal  custodian  of  all  school  prop- 
erty, including  the  schoolhouse.  The  use  of  the  schoolhouse  for 
home  and  school  league  work  is,  therefore,  a  matter  to  be  deter- 
mined in  each  instance  by  the  board  of  trustees.  Since  school 
trustees  are  generally  composed  of  the  broadest  minded  citizenship 
of  the  community,  and  since  there  are  no  legal  obstacles  prevent- 
ing the  use  of  the  public  schoolhouse  for  such  purposes,  no  com- 
munity should  experience  difficulty  in  procuring  the  use  of  the 
schoolhouse  for  this  form  of  social  center  activity. 

WHAT  THE  UNIVERSITY  CAN  DO  FOR  THE  LEAGUE 

With  the  object  of  assisting  in  the  organization  of  social  center 
work  and  of  aiding  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  aims  mentioned, 
the  University  Home  and  School  League  has  been  promoted;  and 
the  University  of  Texas,  as  the  head  of  the  State's  system  of  public 
schools,  places  the  resources  of  its  Department  of  Extension  at  the 
disposal  of  the  people  for  this  form  of  community  service.  Eepre- 


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sentatives  of  the  Department  of  Extension  will,  whenever  practic- 
able, make  personal  visits  to  assist  in  effecting  League  organiza- 
tions. In  addition,  visits  to  organized  Leagues  will  be  made  by 
special  lecturers  from  the  several  divisions  of  the  Department  of 
Extension,  provided  each  itinerary  may  be  made  to  include  sev- 
eral Leagues.  Lantern  machines  and  lantern  slides  will  be  loaned 
to  Leagues,  county  superintendents,  teachers,  and  other  responsible 
persons.  Bulletins  relating  to  practically  every  present-day  sub- 
ject may  be  obtained  upon  request.  Special  attention  and  advice 
will  be  given  to  all  inquiries  with  respect  to  the  organization  and 
the  work  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  Other 
means  of  service  are  indicated  elsewhere  in  this  bulletin. 

COUNTY  AND  STATE  MEETINGS 

In  each  county  where  two  or  more  Leagues,  are  established,  it 
is  recommended  that  a  county  "country  life  and  educational  rally 
and  exhibit"  under  the  auspices  of  the  Leagues  and  with  the  co- 
operation of  the  county  superintendent  and  the  public  schools  of 
the  county,  be  held  each  year  for  one  day,  some  time  during  the 
month  of  March.  The  rally  and  exhibit  should  include  reports  from 
the  Leagues  of  the  county,  addresses  on  the  work  of  the  Leagues  of 
the  State  and  on  the-  educational  and  the  industrial  needs  of  the 
county,  debates,  spelling  contests,  declamation  contests,  educational 
and  athletic  contests,  educational,  agricultural,  and  industrial  ex- 
hibits, a  basket  dinner  or  picnic.  Merchants,  bankers,  lawyers, 
farmers,  and  other  public-spirited  citizens  will  be  glad  to  offer 
prizes  for  the  winners  in  the  various  contests.  A  suggestive  pro- 
gram, with  other  literature  for  use  at  the  rally  and  exhibit,  will 
be  furnished  by  the  Department  of  Extension  for  1914  and  each 
year  thereafter.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools,  by  reason 
of  his  official  position,  sustains  an  important  relation  to  all  move- 
ments for  the  common  gooH;  and  in  organizing  University  Home 
and  School  Leagues  and  in  assisting  them  in  their  work,  he  has 
an  opportunity  to  render  a  distinct  service  in  building  up  better 
public  schools  and  in  making  a  positive  contribution  to  the  social 
and  the  industrial  betterment  of  his  people.  A  State  meeting  of 
delegates  from  all  the  Leagues  may  be  held  annually  some  time 
during  the  month  of  May,  beginning  in  1915,  at  the  riiivrrsity  in 
Austin.  This  State  meeting  should  partake  of  the  nature  of  a 


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"country  life  conference."  and  all  the  organizations  and  enter- 
prises in  the  State  whose  aim  is  to  promote  the  social,  the  edu- 
cational, the  religions  or  the  industrial  phases  of  country  life,  should 
be  invited  to  co-operate  by  sending  delegates.  The  program  for 
the  State  meeting  will  be  carefully  worked  out  by  the  Department 
of  Extension  of  the  University  with  the  view  to  serving  the  largest 
interests  of  the  State  and  to  making  the  meeting  interesting  and 
profitable  for  the  delegates  from  the  Leagues  throughout  the  State. 

WHAT  THE  COMMUNITY  SHOULD  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE 

LEAGUE 

Any  community  contemplating  the  organization  of  a  University 
Home  and  School  League  should  understand  that  the  attitude  of 
the  University  shall  be  that  of  general  co-operation ;  and  that  pro- 
grams and  specific  policies  are  matters  which  each  League  must 
solve  for  itself.  The  people  of  the  community  should  realize  their 
ownership  of  the  League  and  their  personal  responsibility  for  its 
work.  They  should  also  know  that  they  must  contribute  most  to 
its  success,  notwithstanding  the  help  to  be  given  by  the  Univer- 
sity. They  must  appreciate  the  fact  that  the  success  of  the  League 
will  in  every  instance  be  commensurate  with  the  interest  and  co- 
operation contributed  by  the  community.  The  community  should 
therefore  contribute  its  best  thought,  its  finest  spirit,  and  its  most 
effective  co-operative  service  to  the  University  Home  and  School 
League,  for  by  so  doing  it  will  make  more  satisfactory  and  more 
profitable  community  and  home  life. 

DESIRE  TO  HELP  ALL  ORGANIZATIONS 

In  offering  its  assistance  to  the  people  of  the  State  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  the  Univer- 
sity of  Texas  has  no  desire  to  destroy  or  to  supplant  any  work 
heretofore  done  or  now  being  done,  the  object  of  which  is  to  im- 
prove rural  conditions  through  the  means  of  effective  organization. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  resources  which  the  University  has  for 
promoting  social  center  service  are  at  the  disposal  of  all  communi- 
ties where  poultry  clubs,  sewing  circles,  cooking  clubs,  agricultural 
clubs  or  other  industrial  club?,  debating  and  literary  societies,  read- 
ing or  dramatic  clubs,  mothers'  clubs,  musical  organizations,  farm- 


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ers'  unions,  or  any  other  similar  organizations  that  have  been  and 
are  being  maintained.  In  fact,  it  will  be  entirely  practicable,  and 
in  many  cases  desirable,  for  some  of  the  clubs  or  organizations 
here  mentioned  to  be  included  as  groups  or  auxiliaries  within  the 
University  Home  and  School  League.  The  University,  in  the 
broadest  sense  of  the  word,  is  a  democratic  institution,  and  hence, 
its  Department  of  Extension  desires  to  co-operate  with  all  other 
organizations  and  institutions  in  promoting  the  good  of  Texas. 
The  University  Home  and  School  League  is  intended  to  be  co- 
operative in  spirit  and  in  work,  and  not  exclusive.  It  will  co- 
operate with  all  persons,  factors,  influences,  and  institutions  whose 
purpose  is  to  advance  the  welfare  of  the  people  by  promoting  com- 
munity co-operation,  and  whose  ambition  is  to  work  in  harmony 
with  all  to  the  end  that  larger,  better,  and  more  permanent  results 
may  be  achieved.  The  vast  resources  of  the  State,  embracing  with- 
in its  limits  nearly  five  million  people,  three  million  of  whom  reside 
on  the  farm,  and  including  over  a  million  school  children,  seven 
hundred  thousand  of  whom  attend  the  country  public  schools,  offer 
a  field  of  service  which  is  far  greater  than  all  organized  agencies 
combined  can  reach  effectively.  The  University  recognizes  and 
appreciates  the  great  good  that  has  been  accomplished  in  Texas 
by  the  community  co-operation  movements,  encouraged  and  assisted 
by  other  institutions  and  organizations  and  by  many  patriotic  citi- 
zens. However,  it  appears  that  the  time  has  arrived  when  the  so- 
cial center  movement  in  Texas  phonld  be  given  greater  permanence 
and  increased  efficiency.  Therefore,  the  University  of  Texas,  as 
the  head  of  the  public  school  system,  has  undertaken  to  organize 
the  University  Home  and  School  Leagues  on  a  common  basis 
throughout  the  State,  to  correlate  the  work  of  all  such  organiza- 
tions, and  to  give  systematic,  efficient,  and  helpful  co-operation  and 
leadership  to  the  people  in  this  important  phase  of  public  service. 


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THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  HOME  AND 
SCHOOL  LEAGUE 


HOW  TO  BEGIN 

The  success  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  will 
depend  largely  on  the  manner  in  which  it  is  organized ;  hence,  the 
necessity  for  tact  and  good  judgment  on  the  part  of  those  direct- 
ing the  movement  at  the  beginning.  Kemember  that  the  first  part 
of  this  work  is  important  and  that  it  calls  for  wise,  capable,  and 
sincere  leadership.  With  the  sympathetic  co-operation  of  the  peo- 
ple, social  center  activity  may  be  made  useful  and  effective;  without 
this  essential  element,  failure  will  be  inevitable.  The  teacher 
should,  therefore,  prepare,  with  the  advice  and  help  of  the  county 
superintendent,  a  suitable  evening  program,  inviting  the  presence 
of  the  public  at  large,  especially  the  parents  of  the  community. 
(Use  both  the  talent  of  the  school  and  outside  talent.  Let  the 
teacher  or  the  country  superintendent  preside.  Have  appropriate 
talks  from  the  county  superintendent,  a  local  minister,  a  school 
trustee,  or  such  others  as  may  be  necessary.  Provide  for  a  reason- 
able amount  of  fun  and  merriment,  so  that  the  audience,  both 
young  and  old,  will  be  given  entertainment  and  instruction.  Where 
it  is  not  practicable  for  the  county  superintendent  to  give  advice 
and  help,  the  teacher  in  co-operation  with  the  school  trustees  of 
the  district,  should  proceed  with  the  work  of  organizing  the  League. 

TEMPORARY  AND  PERMANENT  ORGANIZATIONS 

Temporary  officers  should  be  elected  to  serve  only  till  a  perma- 
nent organization  is  entered  into.  At  this'time  a  committee  should 
be  appointed  to  draft  a  constitution  and  another  committee  to 
nominate  permanent  officers.  The  model  constitution  given  in 
this  bulletin  may  be  adopted  or  modified  to  meet  local  conditions. 

The  maintenance  of  a  successful  League  will  depend  largely  upon 
two  things:  first,  the  selection  of  proper  officers  and  committees; 
second,  the  careful  preparation  and  execution  of  good,  wholesome 
programs.  The  appointment  of  a  committee  to  nominate  perma- 
nent officers  and  committees,  as  suggested  above,  will  enable  the 


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League  to  select  its  best  material  and  prevent  the  mistake  usually 
incident  to  hasty  action.  Suggestions  as  to  the  use  of  the  programs 
are  made  elsewhere  in  this  bulletin. 

The  officers  of  the  University  Intersch elastic  League,  where  such 
organization  exists  in  the  county,  should  assist  in  the  organization 
and  the  work  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  By  a 
sympathetic,  active  co-operation  between  these  two  organizations 
for  the  public  welfare,  larger  results  may  be  accomplished  than 
could  possibly  be  accomplished  without  such  co-operation. 

HINTS  TO  TEACHERS,  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS,  AND 
OTHER  LEADERS 

The  life  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  may  be 
dependent  in  a  large  measure  on  the  interest  and  enthusiasm  of 
the  teacher  and  the  county  superintendent.  This  does  not  mean, 
of  course,  that  they  should  assume  the  whole  responsibility  in  di- 
recting such  a  movement.  The  particular  functions  to  be  per- 
formed by  the  teacher  and  the  county  superintendent  are  clearly 
indicated  in  the  model  constitution. 

As  a  guide  to  the  teacher,  the  county  superintendent,  and  other 
leaders,  the  following  suggestions  which  represent  the  experience 
of  social  center  workers  are  offered: 

1.  Let  the  beginning  of  the  movement  emanate  from  the  school 
in  the  manner  already  mentioned. 

2.  Do  not  attempt  an  organization  till  the  people  are  ready 
to  respond. 

3.  In  the  inauguration  of  this  work,  it  is  better  for  the  move- 
ment that  no  community  be  selected  where  open  dissension  prevails. 

4.  Inaugurate  the  work  at  first  in  a  limited  number  of  de- 
sirable communities — three  to  five  to  the  county  being  the  number 
suggested.     It  is  better  to  make  the  work  successful  in  a  few  places 
than  to  attempt  organizations  where  success  is  doubtful.     Two  or 
three  enthusiastic,  working  University  Home  and  School  Leagues 
in  a  county  will  serve  to  convince  the  people  of  other  communities 
of  their  value. 

5.  Begin  the  work  with  simplicity  and  modesty,  making  the 
first  meeting  a  sample  of  all  that  are  to  follow.     Eliminate  spec- 
tacular features. 


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6.  Great  care  should  be  exercised  in  choosing  leaders.     There       « 
are  citizens,  men  and  women,  in  every  community,,  who,  if  they 
become   interested,   can  satisfactorily  and  successfully   direct  the 
work  of  the  University  Home  and  School  League. 

7.  The  control  of  the  League  should  be  kept  in  the  hands  of 
the  grown  people.     Voting  and  ofnceholding  should  be  restricted 
to  the  older  members,  and  ihe  program  should  never  be  given  over 
to  the  children  entirely. 

8.  Do  not  allow  the  management  of  the  League  to  become 
monopolized.     See  that  the  programs  provide  for  the  entire  mem- 
bership. 

9.  An  occasional  meeting  should  be  given  entirely  to  the  social 
side;  but  other  meetings  should  not  be  given  exclusively  to  this 
feature. 

10.  The  program  committee  should  see  that  each  program  is  a 
creditable  one,  and  that  proper  announcement  is  made  of  it  in 
advance  of  the  meeting. 

11.  The  program  committee  should  not  include  in  the  program 
such   features   as   tend  to   incite   factional   feelings   or  prejudice. 
There  is  plenty  of  good  material  for  programs. 

12.  It  is  suggested  that  the  county  superintendent  make  a  list 
of  suitable  lecturers  who  reside  in  the  county,  and  supply  a  copy 
of  them  to  the  corresponding  secretary  of  each  University  Home 
and  School  League,  in  the  county. 

13.  See  that  the  questions  relating  to  the  welfare  of  the  home 
constitute  a  proper  proportion  of  the  program. 

14.  Do  not  have  regular  meetings  of  the  League  oftener  than 
twice  a  month.     To  hold  meetings  too  often  is  one  of  the  ways  to 
destroy  a  good  League. 

15.  The  publicit}^  committee  should  see  that  the  county  news- 
papers get  an  account  of  each  meeting  immediately  after  it  is  held. 

1G.  The  corresponding  secretary  should  make  a  written  report 
of  each  meeting  to  the  county  superintendent  who  should  assist  in 
giving  publicity.  Such  news  items  require  prompt  attention  on 
the  part  of  the  corresponding  secretary  and  the  county  superin- 
tendent. 


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ACTIVITIES  OF  THE  LEAGUE 


After  the  League  is  started  the  question  naturally  comes  up  as 
to  what  can  be  done  to  furnish  programs  and  entertainment.  Where 
all  the  people  of  the  neighborhood,  both  young  and  old,  and  men 
and  women  attend  the  meetings,  it  is  necessary  to  keep  in  mind 
the  composite  nature  of  the  League.  Therefore,  programs  should 
be  made  out  so  that  they  will  interest  all  of  these  classes.  Either 
a  diit'erent  kind  of  exercise  should  be  given  at  each  meeting;  or, 
if  the  program  is  grouped  around  a  central  topic,  it  should  vary 
from  time  to  time. 

AGRICULTURAL  TALKS  AND  LECTURES 

Naturally  the  first  activity  of  the  League  will  be  that  of  the 
address.  This  may  be  in  the  form  of  a  talk,  a  lecture,  or  a  writ- 
ten paper,  it  is  best  to  have  it  in  the  form  of  a  talk.  Even 
speaking  from  notes  is  not  so  effective  as  talking  without  notes. 
These  talks  may  be  on  agricultural  subjects.  For  this  purpose  the 
farmers  of  the  community  should  be  placed  on  the  programs  to 
talk  on  subjects  in  which  they  are  interested  and  on  which  UM-V 
are  well  informed.  If  there  is  a  farmer  in  the  neighborhood, 
whether  he  is  a  member  or  not,  who  has  made  a  marked  success 
in  any  particular  line  of  agricultural  work,  he  should  be  called 
upon  to  talk  at  the  League  of  the  community  and  to  give  his  ex- 
perience. After  each  talk  it  is  well  to  give  some  time  to  the 
discussion  of  the  subject  presented.  It  is  not  necessary  to  hav«- 
the  farmer  members  .talk  on  farm  subjects  entirely.  At  one  league 
in  another  State  a  farmer  visited  the  city,  and  seeing  a  wireless 
telegraph  in  operation,  came  back  to  his  league  and  gave  a  talk  on 
the  operation  of  this  wonderful  instrument.  The  talk  was  so  inter- 
esting, so  clear-cut  and  well  prepared,  that  it  is  doubtful  whether 
even  an  expert  could  have  done  better. 

EXHIBITS 

Another  activity  worth  while  would  be  the  holding  of  exhibits 
at  the  League,  to  which  the  farmers  of  the  neighborhood  bring 


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such  products  as  oats,  wheat,  corn,  cotton,  potatoes,  tomatoes,  and 
specimens  of  other  garden  and  farm  products,  to  compete  for  sim- 
ple prizes.  The  exhibit  could  also  profitably  include  poultry,  hogs, 
cattle,  horses,  and  other  birds  and  animals.  The  products  of  the 
boys'  and  girls'  clubs  of  the  community  should  be  exhibited  in  this 
way,  and  would  thereby  be  made  an  attractive  feature  of  the 
League. 

The  women  of  the  community  should  be  given  recognition  in 
selecting  subjects  for  the  program ;  and  it  might  be  advisable  occa- 
sionally to  devote  an  entire  program  to  such  social  and  economic 
phases  of  the  home  as  would  appeal  to  them. 

BUSINESS  AND  CO-OPERATIVE  ENTERPRISES 

Possibly  the  first  movements  toward  co-operative  buying  and 
selling,  co-operative  ownership  and  operation  of  gins  and  ware- 
houses, and  growers'  associations,  may  be  begun  at  the  League 
meetings,  for  here  the  farmers  will  have  an  opportunity  to  hear 
talks  and  lectures  on  these  subjects  by  eminent  authorities,  which 
may  be  discussed  and  debated  so  that  the  members  will  become 
thoroughly  familiar  with  these  subjects  before  investing  their 
money  in  such  business  enterprises. 

LOCAL  TALENT 

Dentists,  doctors,  and  veterinarians  of  the  locality  and  of  the 
county  should  be  used  in  the  work  of  the  League.  These  men  are 
of  especial  use  on  programs  of  special  nature,  as  "health,"  "care 
of  the  body,"  and  "sanitation."  Is  it  not  better  to  have  the 
doctor  come  to  tell  us  how  to  prevent  disease  rather  than  to  call 
him  to  cure  the  disease?  And  generally  he  is  willing  to  be  of 
service  to  the  community  in  this  way.  The  local  banker  could 
talk  on  the  operation  of  the  bank.  And  in  these  days  of  popular 
discussion  of  the  currency  hill,  postal  savings  banks,  and  other 
topics  of  a  financial  nature,  such  discussion  ought  to  be  very  val- 
uable. There  are  always  other  men  in  the  community  who  can  be 
called  upon  for  talks  at  the  League.  The  county  judge,  the  county 
attorney,  the  county  health  officer,  the  county  agricultural  demon- 
strator, commercial  secretaries,  local  ministers,  local  merchants, 
members  of  the  commissioners  court,  officers  and  leaders  of  farm- 


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ers'  unions,  officers  of  the  Congress  of  Mothers'  and  Parent-Teacher 
Associations,  officers  of  Federated  Womens'  Clubs,  officers  of  the 
County  Sunday  School  Association,  workers  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  and  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, are  desirable  persons  who  should  be  requested  to  deliver 
addresses.  Public  officers  can  often  give  instinctive  talks  or>  the 
duties  of  their  offices,  or  on  topics  of  State  or  national  importance. 
In  this  connection  it  may  be  well  for  the  program  committee  to  use 
its  own  judgment,  because  there  is  danger  that  public  men  imiy 
use  these  meetings  simply  to  further  their  political  aims,  and  the 
program  committee  must  know  whom  to  invite  and  what  talks 
these  men  should  give. 

THE  TEACHER'S  OPPORTUNITY 

.Many  of  the  problems  of  the  school  will  solve  themselves  by 
an  understanding  between  the  parents  and  the  teacher,  and  the 
League  offers  a  splendid  opportunity  for  the  teacher  to  meet  the 
parents  of  his  pupils  at  the  League.  It  has  been  conservatively 
estimated  that  four-fifths  of  the  trouble  in  school  is  due  to  mis- 
understanding. In  the  League  the  teacher  will  have  many  oppor- 
tunities to  inform  the  people  of  the  work  of  the  school  arid 
to  enlist  their  interest  and  co-operation.  He  can  give  talks  on 
school  improvement,  new  methods  in  education,  and  even  conduct 
a  class  before  a  meeting  of  the  League  showing  how  he  teaches. 
Furthermore,  the  League  may  organize  a  night  school,  a  reading: 
circle,  or  group-study  course,  where  the  teacher  may  give  a  part 
of  his  time  in  teaching  the  men  and  women,  and  the  older  boys  and 
girls  who  can  no  longer  go  to  the  day  school,  hut  who  are  glad 
of  the  opportunity  to  better  their  education. 

DISCUSSION  OF  PUBLIC  QUESTIONS 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  public  discussion  is  the  very  life 
of  a  democratic  government.  Such  discussion  goes  to  make  up 
public  opinion,  and  this  in  turn  often  becomes  crystallized  into 
law.  So  in  addition  to  these  talks  on  public  questions  by  out- 
siders, the  League  can  be  of  great  benefit  if  it  takes  up  the  dis- 
cussion of  these  questions  among  its  own  members;  for  in  these 
days  of  commission  form  of  government,  party  primaries,  and  other 


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political  movements  to  bring  the  government  closer  to  the  people, 
it  becomes  necessary  that  the  people  be  well  informed  on  the  ques- 
tions of  the  day.  All  these  discussions  should  be  informational, 
and  not  partisan.  This  feature  should  be  made  prominent  in  the 
League,  as  it  will  be  the  mean?  of  bringing  together  all  the  different 
factions,  from  laborers  to  capitalists,  on  a  common  ground  to  dis- 
cuss the  needs  of  the  community.  In  fact,  the  League  or  the  social 
center  is  the  only  place  where  this  can  be  successfully  done.  But, 
here  again,  the  program  committee  must  know  the  community; 
and  where  there  is  danger  that  rival  factions  and  political  parties 
may  break  up  the  League,  it  would  be  best  not  to  attempt  any 
discussion  of  a  religious  or  political  character.  However,  there 
are  enough  topics  of  a  general  nature,  such  as  "good  roads,"  "rural 
credits,"  "co-operation,"  "education,"  and  the  like,  that  can  always 
be  used. 

DEBATES,  RECITATIONS,  AND  DECLAMATIONS 

Most  public  questions,  as  is  well  known,  have  two  sides;  and 
one  of  the  best  ways  to  study  a  subject  is  in  the  form  of  debate, 
so  that  the  arguments  for  and  against  a  proposition  are  brought 
out.  It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  old-time  debating  club  has 
o-one  out  of  fashion.  Many  public  men  in  Texas  today  will  testify 
to  the  benefit  they  received  through  membership  in  a  debating 
society.  In  such  societies  men  gain  a  knowledge  of  public  ques- 
tions such  as  they  can  get  in  no  other  way. 

In  order  to  encourage  the  study  and  debate  of  subjects  of  im- 
portance and  of  current  interest  in  the  League,  the  following 
questions  for  debate  are  suggested: 

1.  Resolved,  That  co-education  in  the  high  school  is  undesirable. 

2.  Resolved,  That  high  school  fraternities  should  not  be  allowed. 

3.  Resolved,  That  in  the  debates  of  the  University  Interscho- 

lastic  League  there  should  be  no  distinction  between  boys 
and  girls. 

4.  Resolved,  That  Texas  should  abolish  capital  punishment. 

5.  Resolved,  That  all  cities  in  Texas  of  five  thousand  popu^i- 

tion  and  over  should  have  a  Commission  Form  of  govern- 
ment. 


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6.  Resolved,   That   a   State   Commission   should-  be   created   in 

Texas  with  power  of  compulsory  arbitration   of   disputes 
between  public  service  corporations  and  organized  labor. 

7.  Resolved,  That  there  should  be  a  still  further  reduction  in 

our  tariff  schedules. 

8.  Resolved,   That   Texas  should  have  a  compulsory  education 

law. 

9.  Resolved,  That  Texas  should  have  suffrage  for  women. 

10.  Resolved,  That  all  immigrants  to  the  United  States  should 

be  able  to  read  in  some  language. 

11.  Resolved,  That  Texas  should  adopt  the  Initiative  and  Refer- 

endum. 

12.  Resolved,  That  this  city  (or  town)  should  own  its  own  water- 

works or  street  cars,  gas  plant,  etc. 

13.  Resolved,   That   a   system   of  compulsory  old  age   insurance 

should  be  adopted  in  the  United  States. 

14.  Resolved.  That  the  Closed  Shop  is  justifiable. 

15.  Resolved,    That   the    annexation   of   Mexico   to   the   United 

States  would  be  to  the  best  interests  of  both  countries. 

16.  Resolved.  That  in  our  Penitentiary  System  corporal  punish- 

ment should  be  absolutely  prohibited. 

17.  Resolved,  That  the  Honor  System  should  be  adopted  in  deal- 

ing with  convicts. 

IS'.     Resolved,   That   Texas  should   adopt    Statewide    Prohibition. 
If).     Unsolved,  That  Texas  should  have  a  Constitutional  Tax  for 

the  support  of  its  institutions  of  higher  learning. 

20.  ,  Resolved,  That  labor  unions  are  more  harmful  than  beneficial 

to  workingmen. 

21.  Resolved,  That  the  President  of  the  United  States  should  be 

elected  for  a  term  of  six  years  and  be  ineligible  for  re- 
election. 

22.  Resolved,  That  the  United  States  Senate  should  be  abolished, 

constitutionality  waived. 

23.  Resolved,  That  judges  in  Texas  should  be  subject  to  popu- 

lar recall,  constitutionality  waived. 

24.  Resolved,  That  suffrage  in  Texas  should  require  an  educa- 

tional qualification. 

25.  Resolved,  That  the  Monroe  Doctrine  should  be  abandoned  by 

the  United  States. 


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26.  Resolved,  That  in  criminal  trials  three-fourths  of  the  jury 

should  be  competent  to  render  a  verdict. 

27.  Resolved, "  That  our  legislation  should  be  shaped  toward  the 

abandonment  of  the  protective  tariff. 

28.  Resolved,  That  Texas  should  adopt  a  system  of  the  single 

tax,  constitutionality  waived. 

29.  Resolved,  That  Congress  should  be  given  exclusive  jurisdic- 

tion of  marriage  and  divorce  in  all  the   States,  constitu- 
tionality waived. 

30.  Resolved,  That  the  Texas  Legislature  should  prohibit  secret 

fraternities  and  sororities  in  the  State  institutions  of  higher 
learning. 

31.  Resolved,  That  our  present  policy  of  excluding  the  Chinese 

from  this  country  is  unjustifiable. 

32.  Resolved,  That  the  United  States  should  adopt  a  policy  of 

gradually  increasing  our  navy. 

33.  Resolved,  That  the  rules  of  the  Simplified  Spelling  Board 

should  be  adopted. 

34.  Resolved,  That  the  United  States  should  permanently  retain 

the  Philippine  Islands. 

35.  Resolved,  That  an  eight-hour  day  for  common  laborers  should 

be  generally  adopted. 

36.  Resolved,  That  football  should  be  abolished  in  the  schools 

and  colleges. 

37.  Resolved,  That  the  doctrine  of  Christian  Science  is  justifiable. 

38.  Resolved,  That  a  business  manager  form  of  city  government, 

as   established    at    Dayton,    Ohio,    should   be   adopted   by 


39.  Resolved.  That  the  taxation  system  now  in  force  in  Houston 

should  be  generally  adopted-  by  Texas  municipalities. 

40.  Resolved,  That  all  the  large  cities  of  the  United  States  should 

employ  women  as  well  as. men  on  their  police  forces. 

41.  Resolved,  That  in  all  public  educational  institutions  vaccina- 

tion should  be  made  compulsory. 
4'2.     Resolved,   That  a  man  intending  to  enter  a  business  career 

should  take  a  general  college  course. 
43.     Resolved,  That  Texas  should  adopt  a  ]>lan  for  compulsory 

voting,  based  on  a  system  of  fine?. 


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44.  Resolved,  That  a  national  Progressive  party  should  be  main- 

tained. 

45.  *  Resolved,  That  the  United  States  should  establish  a  protec- 

torate over  Mexico  until  stable  government  is  assured. 

46.  Resolved,  That  an  honor  system  in  examinations  should   K- 

adopted  in  this  school. 

47.  Resolved,  That  high  school  studies,  excepting  English,  should 

be  made  elective. 

48.  Resolved,  That  supervised  gymnasium  work  should  be  sub- 

stituted for  high  school  athletic  contests. 

49.  Resolved,  That  students  in  the  ward  schools  should  be  al- 

lowed to  play  on  the  high   school   athletic  teams  of  the 
some  town. 

50.  Resolved,  That  Rugby  football  should  be  introduced  as  a  sub- 

stitute for  "American"  football  in  colleges  and  schools  of 
the  United  States. 

Another  feature  of  the  programs  of  the  League  should  be  reci- 
tations and  declamations.  Here  the  younger  people,  especially  the 
girls,  will  find  a  chance  to  do  some  work.  It  will  be  an  oppor- 
tunity for  them  to  gain  confidence  in  themselves  in  speaking  be- 
fore an  audience. 

At  least  two  or  three  of  the  meetings  of  the  League  durinir 
the  year  could  well  be  devoted  to  either  a  formal  debate  or  a 
free-for-all  discussion  of  questions  in  which  the  community  is  in- 
terested, and  the  solution  of  which  would  be  a  real  benefit  to  the 
community  and  the  State.  Such  questions  as  that  of  Statewide- 
Prohibition.  Woman  Suffrage,  Compulsory  Education,  Removal  of 
the  Constitutional  Limitations  Upon  Tax  for  School  Purposes, 
etc.,  etc.,  readily  lend  themselves  to  public  discussion  and  debate. 
Local  conditions  will,  of  course,  determine  how  the  pro«rnr:i« 
should  be  arranged.  One  League,  for  example,  could  send  a  de- 
bating team  to  debate  against  the  debating  team  of  another  LoMiruo. 
The  League  could  also  use  the  meeting  in  the  preliminary  tryout? 
for  the  annual  debates  of  the  University  Interscholastic  League. 
At  another  meeting  the  declamation  contests  of  this  League,  for 
boys  and  girls,  would  furnish  an  excellent  entertainment.  In  fact, 
wherever  there  are  University  Home  and  School  Leagues  covering 
a  given  county,  it  would  be  well  for  the  these  Leagues  to  take 


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charge  of  the  preliminary  contests  in  debate  and  declamation  of- 
fered by  the  University  Tnterscholastic  League.  The  contests  of 
this  organization  are  open  to  all  the  schools  in  Texas  below  col- 
legiate rank,  and  county  officers  are  in  charge  in  most  of  the 
larger  counties.  An  annual  county  rally  of  the  University  Home 
and  School  Leagues  might  well  be  held  also  at  the  same  time  (the 
early  part  of  March)  as  the  final  county  contests  of  the  Inter- 
scholastic  League.  This  latter  organization  also  has  athletic  con- 
tests among  school  boys  and  girls,  and  these  contests,  together 
with  those  in  debate  and  declamation,  would  furnish  a  basis  for  an 
annual  county  rally  of  the  University  Home  and  School  Leagues 
in  the  county,  and  enable  the  Leagues  to  introduce  such  other  fea- 
tures at  the  county  meeting  as  may  be  desired. 

GAMES  AND  ATHLETICS 

Since  the  play  life  of  children  is  their  point  of  strongest  ap- 
peal, we  must  not  fail  to  make  provision  for  this  feature  in  build- 
ing up  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  In  fact,  intelli- 
gent direction  of  games  and  athletic  contests  will  be  the  means  o^ 
drawing  old  and  young  alike  into  the  other  phases  of  this  work. 

First,  there  should  be  introduced,  at  every  gathering,  includ- 
ing the  regular  school  sessions,  those  simple,  not  too  competitive, 
playground  games,  in  which  all  can  take  part.  Games  suitable 
for  this  are  such  as  volley  ball,  the  various  forms  of  relays, 
potato  races,  Indian  club  races,  etc.  Detailed  yet  simple  de- 
scriptions of  many  games  of  this  class  may  be  found  in  Uni- 
versity Bulletin  No.  311.  Then,  there  should  be  also  provision 
for  the  more  strictly  competitive  games  for  the  best  athletes, 
including  girls  as  well  as  boys.  There  may  be  two  divisions  of 
athletic  contests  both  for  boys  and  for  girls,  into  Senior  and 
Junior,  according  to  weight  or  age.  For  the  Senior  boys'  divi- 
sion the  various  track  events  given  on  page  35  of  University 
Bu'letin  No.  274  will  be  suitable,  with  probably  a  baseball  or  a 
basketball  contest  added.  For  the  Junior  boys,  similar  track 
events,  with  the  heavy  weight  events  omitted,  should  also  be  pro- 
vided. For  girls,  the  Senior  division  will  want  basketball  and 
pos=-ihlv  volley  ball,  with  individual  tests  such  as  basketball  throws 
for  distance  or  accuracy,  or  pass  ball  relay,  or  a  balancing  contest, 
.added.  The  Junior  girls  may  also  have  basketball,  but  volley  ball 


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should  be  preferred  for  them  for  the  reason  that  larger  'numbers 
can  play  and  it  is  not  so  strenuous.  Then  a  relay  race,  each  girl 
running  thirty  or  fifty  yards,  a  standing  broad  jump,  a  potato 
race,  or  shuttle  relay,  are  other  suitable  events.  University  Bul- 
letin No.  311,  on  Physical  Training  and  Athletics,  gives  sugges- 
tions for  organizing  the  various  classes  of  boys  and  girls  in  the 
different  athletic  and  playground  events.  The  main  points  to  bear 
in  mind  are:  (1).  Provide  for  girls  as  well  as  for  boys.  (2) 
Emphasize  those  pimple  yet  popular  games  in  which  large  num- 
bers can  compete.  (3)  Look  after  the  interests  of  the  younger 
children  as  well  as  the  big  ones.  (4)  See  that  a  few  non-stren- 
uous games  are  provided  for  the  grown  folks.  (5)  Do  not  allow 
one  game  or  one  class  of  children  or  older  ones  to  usurp  all  the 
attention  or  all  the  playing  space.  Contests  in  play  and  athletics 
should  be  put  on  at  League  exhibits  and  at  the  county  educational 
rally  and  exhibit  to  be  held  in  March  of  each  year. 

THE  PACKAGE  LIBRARY 

For  use  in  the  study  of  a  number  of  important  subjects,  the 
Department  of  Extension  will  lend  to  the  League  package  libra- 
ries, including  more  or  less  material  in  the  way  of  books,  bulle- 
tins, pamphlets,  clippings  J'nnn  newspapers,  magazines  and  jour- 
nals, etc.,  with  the  understanding  that  the  League  is  to  retain  tlie 
package  library  for  a  period  of  only  two  weeks,  and  that  the  postr..^1 
or  express  must  be  paid  both  ways  by  the  League  and  the  package 
library  returned  in  good  condition.  The  following  is  the  list  of 
subjects  on  which  package  libraries  may  be  obtained  at  the  present 
time: 

1.  Banking  and  Currency  Reform  (intercollegiate  debate). 

2.  Capital  Punishment. 

3.  Child  Labor. 

4.  Commission  Form  of  City  Government, 

5.  Compulsory  Arbitration  of  Industrial  Disputes. 

6.  Compulsory    Education     (bibliography    and    selected    argu- 

ments). 

7.  Conservation  of  Natural  Resources. 

8.  Direct  Primaries. 

9.  Education  (Selected  Addresses  on). 


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10.  Educational  Improvement  and  Social  Reform. 

11.  Employment  of  Women. 

12.  Federal  Control  of  Interstate  Corporations. 

13.  Free  Trade  vs.  Protection. 

14.  Immigration  (Literacy  Test.) 

15.  Initiative  and  Referendum   (intercollegiate  debate). 

16.  Literary  Societies   (bulletin). 

17.  Municipal  Ownership  of  Public  Utilities. 

18.  Old  Age  Insurance  (intercollegiate  debate). 

19.  Open  vs.  Closed  Shop. 

20.  Peace. 

'31.  Penitentiary  Reform. 

22.  Prohibition  and  the  Liquor  Problem. 

23.  Reciprocity. 

24.  Parcels  Post. 

25.  Tariff  and  Free  Raw  Material. 

26.  Texas'   Need   of   the   Services   of   Higher   Education    (prize 

orations). 

27.  Trade  Unions. 

28.  Woman  Suffrage  (bibliography  and  selected  arguments) . 

These  subjects  are  also  suitable  for  debate. 

PARLIAMENTARY  DRILL 

Another  feature  of  the  program  that  will  appeal  to  many  is 
parliamentary  drill.  The  business  meetings  of  the  League  should 
be  conducted  in  a  business-like  way,  and  parliamentary  drill  will 
aid  the  members  in  doing  this.  Everyone  'comes  in  contact  more 
or  less  with  public  meetings;  and  the  ability  to  -express  oneself 
and  conduct  meetings  according  to  rules  is  often  invaluable.  The 
leader  ought  to  take  up  this  subject  in  a  systematic  way,  con- 
ducting it  as  a  class.  He  ought  to  take  up  the  simplest  forms 
first  and  gradually  enlarge  and  take  up  the  more  difficult  motions 
and  amendments,  etc.,  until  the  subject  is  mastered. 

NEWSPAPERS 

Some  of  the  Leagues  may  have  weekly  "newspapers."  This 
adds  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  evening.  The  "editor"  gathers  up 
the  news  of  the  week  of  the  community,  writes  it  up  and  reads  it 


28  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

before  .the  League.  He  has  "editorials,"  and  often  jokes  on  the 
prominent  members  of  the  League.  Of  course,  here,  caution  must 
he  used  to  avoid  unpleasant  personalities. 

MUSIC 

Music  should'  be  a  feature  of  every  program.  The  talent  of  the 
neighborhood  should  be  enlisted.  Besides  the  singing  by  the  whole 
League,  soloists,  quartet?,  the  local  band,  and  those  who  can  play 
musical  instruments,  all  should  be  given  an  opportunity  to  appear 
in  public.  This  is  not  only  very  valuable  training  for  them,  but 
it  adds  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  meetings  of  the  League. 

ENTERTAINMENT 

Among  the  lighter  features  of  the  League's  work  may  be  men- 
tioned games  of  an  educational  character;  and  if  the  talent  exists 
in  the  neighborhood,  and  there  is  someone  who  can  direct  it,  a 
mock  trial  may  furnish  a  good  deal  of  amusement.  After  the 
League  has  become  proficient  in  parliamentary  practice,  a  "con- 
gress" may  be  held.  This  is  done  in  the  following  way:  The 
"House"  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  "Conservatives"  and  the 
( ''Radicals,"  both  of  them  of  equal  strength  in  numbers.  A  few 
"Independents"  may  vote  either  way.  Both  parties  try  to  elect 
the  chairman;  and  the  one  party  will  try  to  pass  some  "bill"  over 
the  other,  while  the  opposing  party  will  try  to  defeat  it  by  voting 
it  down,  passing  amendments,  or  arguing  so  eloquently  that  the 
"Independents"  will  come  over  to  their  side. 

CONTESTS 

Contests  are  always  a  source  of  instruction  and  entertainment. 
The  old-fashioned  spelling  match  ought  to  be  revived.  Adding, 
arithmetic,  declamation,  reading,  geography,  writing,  and  essay 
writing  lend  themselves  to  contest  work,  and  may  bring  about  a 
good  deal  of  enthusiasm  if  one  League  is  pitted  against  another. 

SCHOOL  ENTERTAINMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS 

The  school  children  may  be  enlisted  to  furnish  songs,  drills, 
dialogues,  and  charades  to  enliven  the  programs.  Entertainmenls 
may  be  given  and  a  small  fee -charged,  the  proceeds  of  which  may 
be  used  to  purchase  books,  picture?,  and  other  improvements  for 
the  school. 


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Exhibits  may  be  made  of  school  work,  sewing,  cooking,  as  well. 
as  the  products  of  the  boys'  and  girls'  clubs  already  mentioned. 

SOCIAL  TIMES  AND  THE  LIBRARY 

At  every  meeting  there  should  be  a  general  social  period,  at  a 
recess  or  after  the  program  has  been  rendered,  when  all  the  peo- 
ple may  meet  in  a  genuinely  democratic  way.  Light  refreshments- 
and  lunches  will  help  the  spirit  of  good  fellowship.  Special  days 
and  holidays  should  be  celebrated  by  programs  appropriate  for  the 
occasion,  at  the  close  of  which  many  games  and  other  entertain- 
ments in  harmony  with  the  day  will  suggest  themselves. 

Box  suppers,  ice  cream  parties,  barbecues,  and  picnics  are  forms 
of  entertainment  that  can  be  adopted  for  use  of  such  social  gath- 
erings. 

Another  form  of  entertainment  is  the  play.  There  are  always- 
enough  young  people  in  a  community  who  are  anxious  to  get  up  a 
dramatic  club.  The  rehearsals  themselves  offer  opportunities  for 
social  enjoyment;  and  the  presentation  of  a  local  talent  play 
causes  more  comment  and  enthusiasm  in  a  neighborhood  than  if  a 
professional  company  should  put  on  a  production.  A  play  offers 
splendid  opportunities  for  raising  money  for  the  purposes  already 
mentioned.  The  teacher  will  find  his  time  well  repaid  if  he  under- 
takes the  coaching  of  a  play  in  the  experience  he  gains  in  such 
work  and  the  opportunity  to  meet  and  help  the  young  people  of 
his  district.  These  social  occasions  will  afford  an  excellent  oppor- 
tunity of  raising  funds  with  which  to  install  a  library  of  good 
books  for  use  by  both  the  League  and  the  public  school.  The 
books  and  bulletins  given  in  the  list  connected  with  suggested  pro- 
grams found  in  this  bulletin  should  be  obtained  for  the  library; 
and  other  suitable  books  for  the  school  children  and  the  peoph 
of  the  community,  among  which  should  be  included  a  number  of 
standard  magazines  and  farm  papers,  should  be  procured.  Upon 
request  the  Department  of  Extension  of  the  University  will  fur- 
nish a  list  of  suitable  books  for  the  library  of  the  League  and  ths 
public  school. 

HOME  WELFARE 

The  desire  is  to  assist  the  home-maker  as  much  as  possible  to 
make  her  problem?  less  burdensome  and  her  home  more  attractive 


30  Jinffcfiii  of  tJte  University  of  Texas 

and  efficient.  Special  interest  is  felt  in  rural  communities  because 
of  natural  isolation  and  the  limited  means  of  social  and  intellec- 
tual opportunities.  Through  these  University  Home  and  School 
Leagues  many  lines  of  work  are  offered  to  both  women  and  children. 

A.     For  Women 

I.     Study  Classes 

The  following  topics  can  be  studied  by  any  woman  of  the 
League.  Detailed  bulletins  of  the  work  will  bo  sent  from  the  Uni- 
versity free.  Small  libraries,  useful  in  studying  these  courses,  will 
be  loaned;  and  helpful  bulletins  and  a  list  of  other  books  will  be 
supplied.  A  University  lecturer  may  be  sent  to  assist  in  organiz- 
ing such  classes,  and  as  often  as  practicable  speakers  and  demon- 
strators will  be  supplied  to  meet  with  the  League. 

1.  Rural  sanitation. 

(1)  Water  supply. 

(2)  Milk  supply. 

(3)  Care  of  garbage  and  slops. 

(4)  Toilet  facilities. 

(5)  Ventilation  in  the  home. 

(6)  Care  of  the  home  in  time  of  illness. 

2.  Care  of  children. 

(1)  Hereditary  influences. 

(2)  Feeding. 

(3)  Physical  care. 

(4)  Clothing. 

(5)  Children's  diseases. 

3.  Foods. 

(1)     General  principles  of  feeding. 

(3)     General  principles  of  preparing  food. 

(3)     A  study  of  the  common  foods. 

a.  Nutritive  values. 

b.  Economic  values. 

c.  Meats,  eggs,  cheese,  milk,  bread,  vegetables. 

d.  Canning  and  drying. 

e.  Preserving. 


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f.  School  lunches. 

g.  Study   of  kitchen,   arrangement,   and  equip- 

ment. 

h.  Study  of  dining  room,  taste  in  furnishing 
and  finishing,  taste  in  preparing  food  and 
serving  meals. 

1.     Economics  of  buying,  and  the  rural  stores. 
5.     Better  babies'  contest. 

II.     Lectures  and  Demonstration 

Special  lecturers  and  demonstrators,  fully  equipped  with  charts, 
lantern  slides,  cooking  outfits,  etc.,  may  be  obtained  for  special 
occasions,  and  offer  the  following  subjects : 

1.  Foods. 

(1)  Nutritive  value. 

(2)  Preparation. 

(3)  Feeding  of  children. 
(4-)  Rural  school  lunches. 

(5)  Planning  meals. 

(6)  Serving  meals. 
(?)     Table  etiquette. 

(8)  Good  and  bad  buying. 

(9)  Woman's  share  in  high  cost  of  living. 

2.  Clothing. 

(1)  How  to  dress  the  school  child. 

(2)  Cost  of  dressing  school  children. 

(3)  How  to  buy  good  cloth. 

(4)  Manufacture  of  textile  fabrics. 

(5)  Good  taste  in  clothing. 

3.  Shelter. 

(1)  How  to  plan  and  build  a  house. 

(2)  A  simple  and  convenient  kitchen. 

(3)  How  to  furnish  a  home. 

(4)  Bathing  facilities  for  the  rural  home. 

(5)  Ornament  in  the  home. 

(6)  Household  decoration. 


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III.  Local   One-Week   School 

The  school  will  be  organized  when  desired  in  a  county  having 
three  or  more  Leagues.  The  plan  is  to  give  each  League  one 
week's  work,,  hut  not  on  consecutive  days.  The  school  will  meet 
in  one  League  for  one  or  two  days,  and  proceed  to  the  next  League 
for  the  next  one  or  two  days.  This  movement  will  continue  till 
each  League  has  had  five  day's  work.  Any  county  desiring  such 
work  must  provide  a  place  where  the  school  can  be  held,  must 
guarantee  a  class  of  at  least  twenty  women  at  each  League,  and 
must  provide  entertainment  for  the  teachers  of  the  school.  All 
instruction  will  be  furnished  free. 

The  following  program  serves  as  a  suggestion  of  work  in  a  one- 
week  school: 

First  Day. 

9  :45-10 :00     Opening  exercises. 
10:00-11:00     Talk  on  nutritive  value  of  food. 
11:00-12:30     Demonstration  in  the  cooking  of  eggs  and  milk. 
12:30-  1:30     Basket  lunch. 
1 :30-  3 :00     Sewing  class.     Use  of  patterns.     Cutting  out  night 

dress. 

3:00-  4:00     Bound  table,  at  which  all  meet  and  discuss  indi- 
vidual problems. 

4:00-  6:00     Special  work  for  children. 

8:00-  9:00     Stereopticon    lecture,    open    to    everyone.      Topic — 
How  to  Secure  Clean  Milk. 

Second  Day 

10:00-11:00  Talk  on  meat  cooking. 

11:00-12:30  Cooking  tough  meat.     Use  of  tireless  cooker. 

12 :30-  1 :30  Basket  lunch. 

1 :30-  3 :00  Sewing  class.     Cutting  and  fitting  shirtwaist. 

3  :00-  4 :00  Bound  table  discussion. 

4:00-  6:00  Children's  hour. 

8:00-  9:00  Stereopticon  lecture.     Topic— Use  of  Birds  to  the 
Farmer. 


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Third  Day 

10 :00-11 :00  Food  for  children. 

11:00-12:30  Cooking  of  vegetables  and  fruits. 

12 :30-  1 :30  Basket  lunch. 

1:30-  3:00  Sewing  class.     Making  the  garments  cut  out. 

3 :00-  4 :00  Round  table. 

4:00-  6:00  Children's  hour. 

Fourth  Day 

10:00-11:00  Planning  meals. 

11 :00-1?  :30  Baking  breads. 

12:30-  1:30  Basket  lunch. 

1 :30-  3  :00  Sewing  class.     Cutting  and  fitting  plain  dress. 

3 :00-  4 :00  Round  table. 

4:00-  6:00  Girls'  hour. 

8 :00-  9  :00  Stereopiicon  lecture.     Topic — Great  Paintings. 

Fifth  Day 

10:00-11:00     Rural  sanitation. 
11 :00-12  :30     Canning  and  preserving. 
12:30-  1:30     Basket  lunch. 
1 :30-  3  :00     Sewing  class.     Work  continued. 
8 :00-  9 :00     Evening  party  for  all.     Refreshments  prepared  by 
the    women.     Entertainment    furnished    by   the 
children. 

IV.     Entertainments 

Simple  entertainments  for  afternoon  or  evening  will  be  pro- 
vided, or  plans  for  carrying  out  entertainment  will  be  supplied 
when  desired.  Such  entertainments  as  the  following  are  sug- 
gested : 

1.  Victrola  concerts. 

2.  Lantern  slide  lectures. 

3.  Outdoor  picnics. 

4.  Special  day  parties. 

5.  Moving  picture   films,  in  small   towns  where  electricity  is 

available. 


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V.     Rally  and  Contests 

It  is  desirable  that  all  people  connected  with  the  University 
Home  and  School  Leagues  of  each  county  meet  together  once  each 
year,  and  bring  to  this  meeting  the  interests  of  the  year's  work. 
At  this  time  contests  may  be  held  and  prizes  offered.  Prizes  may 
be  offered  for  the  following: 

1.  Best  loaf  of  bread  made  in  bread-mixer. 

2.  Best  sponge  cake  made  by  girl  of  twelve  or  fifteen. 

3.  Best  out-of-door  baking  powder  biscuit  made  by  boy. 

Other  suggestions  for  the  county  "country  life  and  educational 
rally  and  exhibit"  are  given  in  this  bulletin  under  the  head  in-;- 
"County  and  State  Meetings." 

B.     For  Girls  and  Boys 

The  Department  of  Extension  will  assist  in  organizing  classes, 
will  outline  courses  of  study  or  of  work,  and  will  both  by  letter 
and  by  personal  visits  assist  in  organizing  and  conducting  su«- 
ful  local  classes  as  follows: 

1.  Cooking  classes. 

2.  Sewing  circles. 

3.  Athletics. 

4.  Dramatic  clubs. 

5.  Girls'  social  clubs. 

6.  Boys'  social  clubs. 

7.  Poultry  clubs. 

8.  Singing  classes. 

9.  Bands. 

10.     Agricultural  clubs. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  ON  HOME  WELFARE 

"The  Care  and  Feeding  of  Children."  L.  E.  Holt.  75c.  D. 
Appleton  &  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

"Boston  Cooking  School  Book."  Fannie  Farmer.  $2.00. 
Whitcomb  &  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"Practical  Cooking  and  Serving."  Janet  Hill.  $-2.00.  Whit- 
comb  &  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"Food  and  Cookery  for  the  Sick  and  Convalescent."  Fannie 
Farmer.  Whitcomb  &  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 


The  University  Home  and  School  League  35 

"Diet  in  Disease."     Pattee.     A.  F.  Pattee,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.' 

"Cost  of  Shelter."  E.  H.  Richards.  $1.00.  Whitcomb  &  Bar- 
rows, Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Healthful  Farm  Home."  Helen  Dodd.  Whitcomb  &  Bar- 
rows, Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Care  of  the  Home."  Clark.  $1.50.  Whitcomb  &  Bar- 
rows, Boston,  Mass. 

"Furnishing  a  Modest  Home."  F.  Daniels.  $1.00.  Whitcomb 
&  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"Fundamentals  of  Farming  and  of  Farm  Life."  Kyle  and  Ellis. 
$1.25.  .  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  Chicago,  111. 

"Sanitation  in  Daily  Life."  E.  H.  Richards.  60c.  Whitcomb 
&  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Primer  of  Sanitation."  J.  W.  Ritchie.  Whitcomb  & 
Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Human  Body  and  Its  Enemies."  Hartman  and  Bibb. 
65c.  World  Book  Company,  Yonkers-on-Hudson,  N.  Y. 

"Shelter  and  Clothing."  Kinne  and  Cooley.  Macmillan  Com- 
pany, Dallas,  Texas. 

"Rural  Hygiene."  H.  N.  Ogden.  Macmillan  Company,  Dallas, 
Texas. 

"Cost  of  Living."  Richards.  $1.00.  Whitcomb  &  Barrows, 
Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Family  House."  C.  F.  Osborne.  Penn  Publishing  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

"House  Sanitation."  Marion  Talbot.  Whitcomb  &  Barrows, 
Boston,  Mass. 

"The  Modern  Household."  Talbot  and  Breckenridge.  Whit- 
comb &  Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

The  following  bulletins  may  be  obtained  free  from  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. : 

No.  154.  Home  Fruit  Garden. 

'No.  203.  Canning  Fruit,  Preserves,  Jellies. 

No.     73.  Cooking  Vegetables. 

No.     84.  Potatoes  as  Food. 

No.  256.  Preparation  of  Vegetables  for  the  Table. 

No.  105.  Cereal   Breakfast    Foods.     Also   Nos.   237   and    249. 


36  Bulletin  of  the  i'nirrrxity  of  Texas 

No.  281.  Corn  as  a  Food  for  Man. 

No.     93.  Sugar  as  Food. 

No.     29.  Souring  of  Milk. 

No.     42.  Facts  About  Milk. 

No.     63.  Care  of  Milk  on  the  Farm. 

No.  363.  Use  of  Milk  as  Food. 

No.  413. '  The  Care  of  Milk  and  Its  Use  in  the  Home. 

No.  166.  Cheese-Making  on  the  Farm. 

No.  244.  Food  Value  of  Cottage  Cheese. 

No.     87.  Food  Value  of  Eggs. 

No.     34.  Composition  and  Cooking  of  Meat. 

No.     83.  Fish  as  Food. 

No.  391.  Economical  Use  of  Meat  in  the  Home. 

No.  121.  Beans,  Peas,  and  Other  Legumes  as  Food. 

No.  122.  Nuts  as  Food. 

No.  241.  Butter-Making  on  the  Farm. 

No.  112.  Bread  and  Bread-Making.     Also  No.  389. 

No.     43.  Sewage  Disposal  on  the  Farm. 

No,  296.  Wells  and  Pure  Water. 

No.  185.  Beautifying  the  Home  Grounds. 

No.     43.  House  Ants. 

No.     51.  Cock-roaches. 

No.     71.  Honseflics. 

The  following  bulletins  may  be  obtained  free  from  the  Depart- 
ment of  Extension  of  the  University  of  Texas: 

No.  275.  The  Problem  of  the  School  Luncheon,  Part  I. 

No.  300.  The  Problem  of  the  School  Luncheon,  Part  II. 

No.  260.  Food  for  Children. 

No.  303.  Simple  Cooking  of  Wholesome  Food  for  the  Farm. 

No.  276.  Use  of  Food  and  the  Proper  Balancing  of  the  Diet. 

No.  305.  Cleanliness  and  Health. 
No.  282.     The  Principles  of  Menu  Making. 
No.  278.     Cooking  Tough  Meats. 

No.  319.     Meat,  Its  Value  as  Food,  and  Its  Proper  Prepara- 
tion. 


The  university  Home  and  School  League  37 

LECTURES 

The  work  of  the  Department  of  Extension  of  the  University  is 
primarily  educational.  The  lectures,  therefore,  are  not  merely  en- 
tertainment,, but  are  designed  to  carry  out  into  the  State  the  in- 
struction available  at  the  University.  Every  lecture  offered  pre- 
sents an  appreciable,  definite  amount  of  information,  and  repre- 
sents the  thoughtful  work  of  a  student  who  has  specialized  in  his 
subject.  It  is  believed  that  the  people  of  the  State  will  appre- 
ciate more  the  opportunity  to  secure  reliable  instruction  along  with 
entertainment  than  merely  to  enjoy  an  evening's  amusement.  Each 
speaker  will  attempt  to  present  his  subject  simply  and  clearly,  in 
a  popular  and  not  in  a  technical  manner,  so  that  the  average 
audience  may  follow  him  readily  and  may  enjoy,  as  well  as  be  in- 
structed by,  his  .lecture. 

ILLUSTRATED  LECTURES 

Many  of  these  lectures  are  illustrated  by  means  of  the  stereop- 
licon.  The  Department  of  Extension  has  a  number  of  printed 
lectures  that  can  be  sent  out  with  the  lanterns,  so  that  any  person 
in  the  community  can  read  the  lecture  and  use  the  slides  without- 
having  present  a  lecturer  from  the  University.  While  this  is  not 
as  effective  as  a  lecture  fresh  from  the  speaker,  it  will  serve  the 
purpose  in  many  cases.  In  case  of  a  lecture  of  this  kind  the  Un  - 
versity  can  furnish  the  lantern  when  asked  to  do  so,  but  those  secur- 
ing the  lantern  must  provide  for  the  electrical  current  and  the 
management  of  the  lantern.  Where  no  electrical  current  can  be 
provided,  a  gas  tank  will  be  sent  with  every  lantern,  which  will 
probably  be  necessary  in  the  rural  districts. 

KINDS  OF  LECTURES 

The  University  of  Texas  aims  to  be  of  service  to  the  citizens 
of  Texas,  and  especially  to  the  Leagues,  first,  by  sending  out  peo- 
ple to  organize  these  Leagues.  For  this  purpose  practically  all  of 
the  members  of  the  staff  of  the  Department  of  Extension  are  avail- 
able. These  people  will  come  prepared  to  discuss  the  organization 
of  Leagues,  give  practical  suggestions  as  to  the  management  of  the 
activities  of  the  Leagues  and  can  furnish  illustrated  lectures  on  the 
social  center  movement  in  Texas  and  elsewhere,  which  will  be  an 


38  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

inspiration  to  those  trying  to  do  this  work.  Secondly,  tin- 
of  the  Department  of  Extension  is  to  bring  the  University  to  ^iie 
people,  and  so  naturally  the  whole  resources  of  this  Department 
are  at  the  command  of  the  Leagues.  After  several  Leagues  have 
been  organized  in  one  county,  it  will  be  a  saving  of  money  and 
time  to  bring  several  of  these  lecturers  into  the  county  at  one  time, 
who  can  then  go  from  League  to  League  to  give  their  lectures  and 
demonstrations.  The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  subjects  treated 
by  the  lecturers  of  the  Department  of  Extension : 

Agricultural  Co-operation. 

Agricultural  Credit  and  Finance  in  the  United  Stains  and  in 
Europe. 

The  Social  Center  and  its  Work. 

The  Business  Side  of  Farming. 

Successful  Marketing  of  Farm  Products. 

Farm  Accounting. 

A  Series  of  Lectures  on  Health. 

Sanitation  of  the  Home. 

Food  for  Children. 

The  School  Luncheon. 

The  Country  Boy  as  a  Resource  of  the  State. 

Rural  School  Efficiency. 

The  Education  of  the  Country  Boy. 

The  Intel-scholastic  League. 

Child  Welfare. 

Improved  Schoolhouses  and  Grounds. 

The  Public  School  System  of  Texas  and  Its  Needs. 

The  Value  of  Teaching  Agriculture  in  the  Public  Schools. 

The  Cultural  and  the  Financial  Values  of  Education. 

The  Country  Life  Problem  in  Texas. 

Evolution  of  Breadmaking. 

How  to  Secure  Clean  Milk. 

Labor-saving  Devices  of  the  Home. 

Planning  a  Convenient  Kitchen. 

The  Value  of  Domestic  Economy  in  Rural  Schools. 

The  Nutritive  Value  of  Food. 

What  We  Eat— How  It  Helps  and  Hinders  Growth. 

What-  We  Eat— How  It  Helps  and  Hinders  Study. 


The  University  Home  <uul  School  League  39 

Principles  Involved  in  the  Preparation  of  Food. 
Woman's  Share  in  High  Cost  of  Living. 

In  addition  to  the  lectures  by  members  of  the  staff  of  the  De- 
partment of  Extension,  the  University  professors  are  available  for 
lectures  at  Leagues,  provided  the  engagements  do  not  interfere 
with  their  regular  work.  Arrangements  in  regard  to  any  of  these 
lecturers  must  be  made  some  time  in  advance  of  the  desired  date. 
This  is  especially  true  in  case  of  the  Leagues  in  parts  of  the 
State  remote  from  Austin.  The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  sub- 
jects of  the  lectures  of  the  regular  teaching  staff: 

Fact  and  Fiction;  or,  Life  as  the  Great  Writers  Have  Seen  It. 

Protection  and  Free  Trade. 

The  Evolution  of  Political  Economy  and  Political  Science. 

Monkeys  and  Men.     Philosophy. 

Is  Religion  Bational? 

Color  Photography. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Songs  of  the  Cowboy. 

Castles  in  Spain. 

Place  and  Significance  of  Organized  Athletics  in  Modern  Society. 

Egypt. 

The  Revenue  System  of  Texas. 

Types  of  Southern  Humor. 

Penitentiary  "Reform;  or.  Our  Treatment  of  the  Criminal. 

The  Learning  Process  as  Seen  in  Animals. 

The  Spoken  Word. 

Status  of  Married  Women  in  Texas. 

Earthquakes. 

The  Education  of  the  Negro  in  the  South. 

The  Organized  Country  Community. 

A  Modern  Mormon  in  His  Home,  Church,  and  State. 

The  Poor  Boy  and  the  University. 

The  Average  Man. 

The  Ice  Age. 

The  Passion  Play. 

Comparative  Psychology  and  the  Study  of  Animal  Mind. 

What  the  Public  Want. 


40  /luUcfin   of  l/i'    rnircrxily  of  Texas 

HOME  STUDY  FOR  MEMBERS  OF  THE  LEAGUE 

The  University  Correspondence  School  has  already  proved  its 
right  to  recognition  as  one  of  the  successful  methods  of  taking  the 
advantages  of  the  University  into  the  homes  of  the  people,  even 
to  the  remotest  corners  of  the  State.  In  connection  with  the  plans 
of  the  Department  of  Extension  to  organize  the  University  Home 
and  School  League  for  community  life,  the  demands  for  individual 
study  and  advancement  are  at  once  enlarged  and  magnified;  and 
these  demands  must  he  met.  Of  particular  interest  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  University  Home  and  School  League  are  the  following 
courses  offered  by  correspondence.  The  page  references  are  to 
Bulletin  Xo.  314,  Extension  Series  No.  42,  "Announcements  Re- 
lating to  the  Division  of  Correspondence  Instruction." 

Bookkeeping  and  Business  Practice  (p.  34). 

Economics  of  Agriculture  (p.  37). 

Soil  Fertility  and  Soil  Management  (p.  77). 

Cereals  (p.  77). 

Grasses  and  Forage  Crops   (p.  78.) 

Plant  Culture  (p.  78). 

Live  Stock  and  Dairying  (p.  78). 

Poultry  (p.  79). 

Farm  Management  (p.  79). 

American  Business  Law  (p.  92). 

Rights  of  Married  Women  in  Texas  (p.  03). 

Organizations  for  Adolescents  (p.  76). 

In  addition  to  the  above  mentioned  courses  especially  prepared 
for  the  citizens  of  the  State  who  do  not  wish  to  enter  upon  a 
regular  collegiate  course,  we  offer  over  two  hundred  correspondence 
courses  in  the  academic,  engineering,  and  law  departments,  and 
most  of  these  courses  are  allowed  to  count  toward  the  bachelor's 
degree  on  exactly  the  same  conditions  as  the  corresponding  resident 
work.  The  fee  for  each  correspondence  course  is  $7.00.  The  cor- 
respondence bulletin,  giving  full  information  and  announcement 
concerning  the  plan  of  work  and  the  courses  offered,  will  be  sent 
upon  request. 


The  University  Home  and  School  League  41 

GROUP-STUDY  COURSES 

In  case  a  definite  group  of  persons  in  any  University  Home 
and  School  League,  such  as  a  parent  and  teacher  club,  a  mothers' 
club,  or  the  like,  desires  to  pursue  a  particular  line  of  reading 
or  study  throughout  the  school  year,  the  University  is  prepared 
to  offer  through  its  group-study  courses  the  necessary  outlines  and 
programs  covering  quite  a  large  number  of  topics,  and  also  to  send 
out  authoritative  reference  libraries  of  from  ten  to  twenty-five 
volumes  on  each  of  these  topics.  It  will  be  necessary  for  the  local 
group  to  organize  and  appoint  a  leader  or  corresponding  secretary 
who  will" keep  the  records  and  conduct  the  business  of  the  Bourse, 
and  to  whom  the  University  can  look  for  the  return  of  the  books 
at  the  end  of  the  season. 

The  advantages  to  be  derived  by  the  University  Home  and 
School  League  from  the  group-study  plan  are  many.  In  the  first 
place,  the  course  will  be  conducted  by  a  University  professor  who 
knows  the  literature  dealing  with  this  topic,  and  who  can  direct 
the  study  of  the  club  or  group  in  the  most  scientific  and  satisfac- 
tory way.  A  great  deal  of  time  and  energy  is  often  wasted  by 
desultory  and  disconnected  reading  when  the  group  attempts  to 
direct  its  own  course  of  study".  Moreover^  there  is  a  great  deal  of 
satisfaction  to  the  group  in  the  mere  knowledge  of  the  fact  that 
some  competent  person  at  the  University  is  interested  in  the  course 
of  reading,  and  that  the  advice  which  he  gives  is  based  upon  expert 
or  authoritative  opinion.  In  addition  the  professor  will  attempt 
to  clear  up  such  difficulties  as  may  arise  in  the  progress  of  the 
course,  but  it  will  be  necessary  that  his  correspondence  be  limited 
to  such  matters  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  the  group.  He 
cannot  undertake  to  help  individual  members  of  the  group  to  pre- 
pare papers  or  reports  on  special  topics,  for  this  would  be  too  great 
a  tax  upon  his  time. 

Once  during  the  year  the  University  professor  who  directs  the 
course  will  visit  the  group  and  give  one  or  two  lectures,  as  may 
seem  desirable.  These  lectures  may  be  given  to  the  group  alone, 
to  the  members  and  their  invited  friends,  or  to  the  general  public. 
In  case  the  lecture  is  to  be  given  to  the  public,  the  University 
will  furnish  window  posters,  newspaper  notices,  tickets,  etc.,  so 
that  the  lecture  may  he  properly  advertised.  If  an  admission 


42  Bulletin  of  t/tc  I'nirerxily  of  Texas 

charge  ffe  made,  the  entire  proceeds  shall  go  to  the  group  for  such 
purposes  as  it  may  design.  In  most  cases  the  public  lectures  will 
be  of  popular  nature,  and  in  some  cases  they  will  be  illustrated 
with  lantern  slides  furnished  by  the  Department  of  Extension. 

The  library  will  usually  contain  sufficient  material  to  assist  the 
members  in  working  up  their  assignments  or  special  reports.  The 
books  will  be  left  with  the  club  throughout  the  school  year,  from 
October  1  to  May  31  of  each  year.  Frequently  the  books  may  be 
used  by  the  other  members  of  the  League  while  they  are  not  in 
circulation  among  the  members  of  the  group.  In  many  ^ases  the 
Leagues  will  iiml  it  to  their  advantage  to  purchase  duplicate  sets 
of  the  books  as  a  permanent  accession  to  their  libraries. 

To  cover  a  part  of  the  expenses  of  these  group-study  courses, 
the  following  fees  will  be  charged : 

For  programs  alone  $10  for  1914-1915 

For  programs  and  library 15  for  1914-1915 

For  programs,  library  and  lecture.  ...   30  for  1914-19.15 

For  lecture  alone 25  for  1914-1915 

The  University  bears  all  traveling  expenses,  but  the  group  is 
expected  to  pay  transportation  charges  on  the  books  one  way,  and 
to  entertain  the  lecturer  while  he  is  with  them.  In  many  oases 
the  actual  traveling  expenses  will  amount  'to  more  than  the  fee 
charged  for  conducting  ihe  entire  course. 

The  Group-Study  bulletin  issued  by  the  University  in  June, 
1913,  shows  a  number  of  topics  suitable  for  special  courses  of 
study  for  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  The  list  of 
topics  will  doubtless  be  considerably  enlarged  for  the  session  l!»l  1- 
1915.  The  courses  conducted  during  1913-1914  proved  to  be  uni- 
formly popular,  and  many  of  the  group  centers  have  indicated  ihc-ir 
purpose  to  renew  their  applications  for  similar  courses  for  n«'\t 
year.  In  art  and  literature  fifteen  topics  are  offered ;  in  economics 
and  business  training,  six;  in  education,  six;  in  government,  his- 
tory, and  sociology,  six;  in  home  economics  and  technical  train- 
ing, two;  in  law  and  public  speaking,  three;  in  philosophy,  two: 
in  science,  two.  Among  these  topics  those  which  might  be  of 
especial  interest  to  the  University  Home  and  School  League  group? 
are  the  following : 


The  University  Home  and  School  League  43 

Social  Aspects  of  Education. 

Religions  Pedagogy. 

Child  Study. 

Agencies  for  Child  Welfare. 

American  Business  Law. 

Comparative  Geovernment  Systems. 

Comparative  Municipal  Government. 

Development  of  Democracy. 

Modern  Charity,  Criminology,  and  Eural  Sociology. 

The  Principles  and  Practice  of  Debate. 

Home  Economics  (Popular  Course). 

Beginnings  of  Technical  Training. 

Plant  Improvement  for  Gardens  and  Parks. 

Principles  of  Economics. 

The  Trust  Problem. 

Money  and  Banking. 

Investments. 

The  Business  of  Farming. 

Methods  of  Farming  in  Texas. 

In  addition  to  these  special  topics  the  general  cultural  subjects 
in  art  and  literature  may  also  be  suitable  for  some  communities  or 
groups.  A  bulletin  giving  the  details  of  the  group-study  plan  .and 
containing  full  announcements  of  the  various  courses  will  be  mailed 
free  to  anvone  who  desires  it. 


44  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 


GENERAL  SUGGESTIONS  TO  THE  PROGRAM 
COMMITTEE 


The  real  value  as.  well  as  the  life  of  the  University  Home -and 
School  League  depends  more,  possibly,  upon  live  and  appropriate 
programs  than  upon  any  other  phase  of  the  work.  As  a  means  of 
assisting  program  committees  in  providing  wholesome  programs 
and  entertainments,  the  Department  of  Extension  of  the  Univer- 
sity submits  the  following  suggestions:  (1)  Carefully  reac!  the 
subjects  and  the  bibliographies  for  programs  and  write  for  the 
bibliography  material  at  once.  The  material  should  be  obtained 
by  the  program  committee  before  the  program  is  formulated  and 
before  the  subjects  are  assigned.  (2)  Do  not  make  the  programs 
too  long.  (3)  Plan  each  program  to  meet  the  special  interests 
and  needs  of  the  community.  (4)  Give  everybody  in  the  com- 
munity something  to  do,  but  this  does  not  mean  that  every  person 
be  put  on  the  program.  (5)  Give  the  children  a  chance.  (6) 
Vary  the  program  from  time  to  time.  (7)  Keep  constantly  on 
the  watch  for  any  good  outside  talent  that  may  be  available.  Tf 
a  noted  lecturer  happens  to  be  passing  through  the  country,  have 
a  called  meeting  of  the  League  and  use  him  if  he  can  be  secured. 
(8)  By  all  means  make  every  meeting  a  success. 

Lists  of  program  material  are  herewith  submitted.-  Select  only 
sufficient  material  to  make  the  program  of  proper  length,  being 
careful  that  the  subjects  chosen  are  such  as  will  contribute  most 
to  the  enthusiasm,  the  interest,  and  the  common  good  of  the  com- 
munity. The  reference  material  given  in  connection  with  the  sub- 
jects should  be  obtained  immediately  after  the  organization  of  the 
University  Home  and  School  League;  and  each  subject,  together 
with  the  material  on  it,  should  be  carefully  considered  by  the  pro- 
gram committee  before  said  subject  is  included  in  the  program. 
• 

MATERIAL  ON  GOOD  ROADS 

The  program  should  be  made  as  practicable  and  as  applicable 
to  local  conditions  as  possible.  Emphasize  the  financial  and  the 
social  loss  the  community  has  to  sustain  because  of  poor  roads. 


The  University  Home  and  School  League  45 

Jf  the  roads  have  been  improved,  and  are  in  first-class  condition, 
show  the  ways  in  which  the  community  is  benefited  by  them.  The 
evil  effects  of  poor  roads  may  be  summarized  as  follows:  (1) 
The  depressed  local  real  estate  values.  (2)  They  act  as  a  hin- 
drance to  church  and  school  activities.  (3)  They  hinder  social 
and  religious  progress  by  making  travel  burdensome  and  disagree- 
able. (4)  They  bespeak  a  lack  of  community  pride.  (5)  They 
are  expensive  to  the  farmer,  for  he  might  market  his  crops  in-  half 
the  time  by  doubling  the  size  of  his  loads  if  the  roads  were  good. 
(6)  The  time  lost  to  the  farmer  and  his  team  is  marketing  the 
crops  often  amounts  to  more  than  the  farmer's  proportionate  part 
of  the  tax  to  put  the  roads  in  good  condition.  (7)  They  are 
wearing  on  vehicles  and  killing  on  beasts  of  burden. 

References : 

The  following  farmers'  bulletins,  which  may  be  obtained  free 
by  addressing  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  contain  valuable  information  on  good  roads,  and 
should  be  obtained  by  the  program  committee  for  the  use  of  the 
persons  assigned  to  the  different  subjects  to  be  discussed  in  the 
good  roads  program.  These  bulletins  should  be  obtained  before 
the  program  is  finally  agreed  upon: 

No.     95.     Good  Roads  for  Farmers. 

No.  136.     Earth  Roads. 

No.  505.     Benefits  of  Improved  Roads. 

No.  311.     Sand,  Clay,-  and  Burnt  Clay  Roads. 

No.  321.     The  Split-Log  Drag. 

No.  338.  Macadam  Roads,  IT.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Office  of  Public  Roads. 

No.  31.  Mileage  and  Cost  of  Public  Roads  in  the  United 
States. 

No.     39.  '  Highway  Bridges  and  Culverts. 

Circular  No.  95.     Special  Road  Problems  of  the  Southern  States. 

GOOD  ROADS  PROGRAM 

1.  The  teacher,  assisted  by  some  of  the  larger  students,  should 
draw  an  accurate  map  of  the  roads  of  the  community,  or  the  jus- 
tice's precinct,  on  the  blackboard  the  day  before  the  meeting 


46  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

is  to  be  held.     This  map  should  represent  the  very  best  work  of 
the  kind  the  teacher  and  the  students  are  capable  of  doing. 

2.  Song;  invocation;  other  music. 

3.  Are  the  Roads    of    the   Community   or    Precinct    Properly 
Located?     If  not,  What   Changes    Should  Be   Made,   and  What 
Would  Be  the  Advantages  in  the  Said  Changes? 

4.  What  Are  the  Best  Means,  and  What  Will  It  Cost  to  Put 
Our  "Roads  in  Good  Condition?     This  subject  should  be  discussed 
by  the  county  judge,  the   commissioner  of  the  precinct,  or  the 
county  road  commissioner  or  engineer;  and  the  different  kinds  of 
material  available  for  building  good  roads  should  be  exhibited, 
with  an  explanation  and  demonstration  of  how  the  roads  should 
be  built  and  maintained. 

5.  The  Effect  of  Good  Roads  Upon  the  School  and  Church 
Life  of  the  Community  (by  local  pastor). 

6.  How  Much  Does  This  Community  Lose  Each  Year  by  Not 
Having  Better  Roads?     This   subject  should  be  discussed  from 
the  standpoint  of  marketing  agricultural  products,  of  attendance 
upon  the  public  school,  of  attendance  upon  the  community  church, 
and  of  attendance  upon  social  gatherings  in  the  community.     The 
teacher  or  some  individual  of  the  community  who  will  take  the 
trouble   to   investigate   carefully   and   gather  correct   information 
should  discuss  this  subject. 

PROGRAM  FOR  A  GERMAN  COMMUNITY 

Topic  for  Discussion :     Raiffeisen  und  sein  Werk. 
Oeffnungsrede  beim  Herrn  Vorsitzender. 
Ein  Raiffeisen  Lied. 

Ansprache:     Vater  Raiffeisen,  Sein  Leben  und  Werk. 
Ansprache:     Das  Raiffeisen  Dorf. 
Musik. 

Ansprache:  Ainlwrmlung  Raiffeisen's  Principien  in  Texas.  Ein 
Raiffeisen  Lied. 

References : 

Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas  No.  298,  "Studies  in  Agri- 
cultural Economics." 

"F.  W.  Raiffeisen."  von  Dr.  Martin  Fassbender  (A  German 
Work). 

Raiffeisen   Bibliothek.     (A  series  of  pamphlets  on  Raiffeisen's 


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work  and  organization.  Published  by .  Landwirtschaf  tliche  Zentral 
Darlegungskasse  fiir  Deutschland,  Neuwied.) 

Senate  Document  No.  114,  Sixty-third  Congress,  First  Session. 
(Address  of  David  Lnbin  on  Raiffeisen.) 

See  also  the  program  on  "Rural  Credits"  for  references. 

PROGRAM  ON  BANKS  AND  THE  FARMER 

Opening  remarks  by  the  Chairman. 
Song. 

Talk:  By  a  local  bank  official — Eelation  of  the  Bank  and  the 
Farmer. 

General  Discussion. 

Talk:     Uses  of  Commercial  Papers. 

Music. 

Paper :     Operations  of  the  Postal  Savings  Bank. 

This  program  is  arranged  for  lectures  by  outside  speakers  almost 
entirely.  Local  bank  officials,  the  postmaster,  merchants,  and 
other  business  men  can  give  talks  on  these  subjects  without  much 
preparation.  Teachers  of  business  colleges  and  the  public  schools 
may  be  available  and  would  be  excellent  speakers  on  such  com- 
mercial topics. 

PROGRAM  ON  MARKETING  OF  PERISHABLE  FARM  PRODUCTS 

Opening  remarks  by  the  Chairman. 
Song. 

Recitation. 

Paper:  My  Experience  in  Marketing  Fruit. 
Discussion :  (Brief — by  about  three  persons.) 
Music. 

Paper:  Successful  Marketing  Methods  Used  in  Other  Sections 
of  the  United  States. 

Discussion:     (Brief — by  about  three  persons.) 
Closing  Exercises. 

References : 

"Co-operation  in  Agriculture,"  G.  Harold  Powell.  New  York. 
Macmillari  Company,  Dallas,  Texas. 

"Produce  Markets  and  Marketing,"  Wm.  T.  Siebels.     Published 


48  Jt  ul Id  in  of  the  I'nivemtij  of  Texas 

by  Produce  Markets  and  Marketing  Company,  35  Water  and  Clark 
Streets,  Chicago,  III. 

The  following  bulletin  may  be  obtained  from  the  Tlnivcrsitv  of 
Texas  without  cost  by  writing  for  it : 

Bulletin  No.  298,  "Studies  in  Agricultural  Economics." 

The  following  documents  may  be  obtained  free  from  the  Con- 
gressman of  your  district.  Write  to  him  for  them.  They  are  is- 
sued by  the  Bureau  of  Plant  'Industry.  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. : 

Bulletin  No.  123,  Shipping  of  Citrus  Fruit. 

Farmers'  Bulletin  No.  62.  Marketing  of  Farm  Product-. 

Farmers'  Bulletin  No.  520,  Marketing  and  Storage  of  Sweet 
Potatoes. 

Farmers'  Bulletin  No.  548,  Marketing. 

Bulletin  No.  17,  Poultry  Eefrigeration. 

PROGRAM  ON  RURAL  CREDITS 

Song. 

Talk :     Tho   Haiffcisen  Banks  of  German}^. 
Song. 

Declamation. 

Talk :     The  Texas  Rural  Credit  Law. 

Discussion  :     Shall  We  Organize  A  Rural  Credit  Society  in  Our 
Community? 
Song. 

References : 

"Co-Operation  in  Agriculture,"  G.  Harold  Powell,  New  York. 
Macmillan  Company,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Send  to  the  Commissioner  of  Banking  and  Insurance,  Austin. 
Texas,  for  a  copy  of  the  Texas  banking  laws. 

The  following  documents  may  he  obtained  free  from  the  Con- 
gressman of  your  district.  Write  to  him  for  them : 

"Preliminary  Report  on  Land  and  Agriculture]  Credit  in 
Kin-ope."  Published  by  Division  of  Information,  Department  «»f 
State,  Washington,  D.  C. 

"Rural   Credits."     Senate    I  Jocuiiiciii    \'o.  2(10.   Sixty-third   Cnn- 

^s  Second  Session. 


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"Investigation  of  Present  Conditions."  Yearbook  of  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  1912,,  p.  25. 

"European  Systems  Modified  to  Meet  United  States  Conditions." 
Senate  Document  No.  855,  Sixty-second  Congress,  Second  Session. 

"Davis  Plan  of  Rural  Banks,  State  and  National."  Senate  Doc- 
ument No.  141,  Sixty-third  Congress,  First  Session,. 

"Rural  Banking  and  Currency  Reform."  Senate  Document  No. 
140,  Sixty-third  Congress,  First  Session. 

PROGRAM  FOR  THANKSGIVING1DAY 

1.  Song. 

2.  Reading  the  President's  Proclamation. 

3.  Reading  the  Governor's  Proclamation. 

4.  Recitation :     Selected. 

5.  Paper:     The  Origin  of  Thanksgiving  Day. 

6.  Song:     Selected. 

7.  Short  Address. 

8.  Thanksgiving  Drill. 

9.  Paper:     The  Early  Life  of  the  New  England  Colonists. 

10.  Song:     Selected. 

11.  Dialogue. 

12.  Song:     Selected. 

The  music  for  this  occasion  should  consist  of  patriotic  songs, 
quartets,  solos,  and  selections  by  the  band  or  orchestra. 

PROGRAM  FOR  WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY   AND  ARBOR  DAY 

1 .  Song :     "America." 

2.  Roll  Call,  to  be  answered  by  quotations  from  Washington. 

3.  Short  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Washington. 

4.  Flag  Drill,  by  children. 

5.  How  to  Beautify  the  Schoolyard  by  Planting  Trees. 

6.  Song,  by  school  children. 

7.  Refreshments. 

Suggestions:  The  teacher,  assisted  by  the  school  trustees,  some 
of  the  members  of  the  League  and  the  school  children,  should, 
during  the  day,  plant  trees  suitable  to  the  soil  and  the  climate 
on  the  school  campus :  and  the  program  given  above  should  be  ren- 


50  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

dered  at  the  League  meeting  held  at  the  schoolhouse  at  night.  A 
proper  rendition  of  the  program  is  important,  but  the  occasion 
should  be  regarded  as  a  failure  unless  suitable  trees  have  been 
actually  planted.  Hundreds  of  bleak,  barren  schoolhouse  grounds 
throughout  the  State  are  a  perpetual  reminder  of  the  thoughtless- 
ness and  the  neglect  of  the  people  in  the  matter  of  beautifying  the 
echoolhouse  environment.  The  following  publications  will  be  help- 
ful to  program  committees  in  preparing  suitable  programs  for  this 
occasion : 

"Neighborhood    Entertainments,"    Steve.     Sturgis    &    Walton, 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

"New  Mexico  Public  School  Anniversaries/'  State  Department 
of  Education,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico. 

"The  Birthdays  of  Washington  and  Lincoln,"  State  Department 
of  Education,  Denver,  Colorado. 

"West  Virginia  Arbor  and  Bird  Annual,"  State  Department  of 
Schools,  Charleston,  West  Virginia. 

"Washington's    Birthday,"    State    Department    of    Education, 
Kaleigh,  N.  C. 

HEALTH  PROGRAM 

1.  Song,  by  the  League. 

2.  Boll  Call.     Let  the  members  answer  by  one-minute  talks  on 
how  to  make  the  community  a  more  healthful  place  in  which  to 
live. 

3.  The  Housefly,  a  Carrier  of  Disease;  How  to  Eliminate  the 
Housefly. 

4.  Music :     Selected. 

5.  Why  Shallow  Wells  are  Dangerous  Sources  for  Drinking  Wa- 
ter.    Put  drawing  on  blackboard  to  illustrate  a  good  well  properly 
located. 

6.  Humorous   debate,  consuming  only  ten   minutes  of  time: 
"Resolved,  That  an  Old  Maid  Is  of  More  Benefit  to  the  Community 
Than  an  Old  Bachelor." 

7.  How  Hog-Pens,  Backyards,  and  Outhouses  May  Become  a 
Menace  to  Health.     This  subject   should  be  discussed  by  either 
the  local  physician,  or  by  a  physician  invited  to  be  the  guest  of 
the  occasion. 

Suggestions:     By  all  means  the  program  committee  should  se- 


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cure  the  farmers'  bulletins  given  below  from  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  these  bulletins 
should  be  furnished  to  the  persons  on  the  program  who  are  to  dis- 
cuss subjects  of  which  the  bulletins  treat.  As  a  rule,  the  neigh- 
borhood doctors  will  be  glad  to  furnish  information  on  most  any 
of  the  subjects  mentioned : 

No.  463.  The  Sanitary  Privy. 

ISTo.  345.  Some  Common  Disinfectants. 

No.  393.  Habit-Forming  Agents.      (Drugs  in  Food.) 

No.  459.  Houseflies. 

No.  115.  How  Insects  Affect  Health  in  Rural  Communities. 

No.  450.  Some  Facts  About  Malaria. 

No.  377.  Harmfulness  of  Headache  Mixtures. 

PROGRAM  ON  BETTER  COUNTRY  HOMES 

1.  Song. 

2.  Boll  Call.     Let  each  member  answer  by  mentioning  a.  cur- 
rent event  of  importance. 

3.  How  We   Can   Secure  Hot  Water  for  the  Country  Home. 
Put  chart  on  blackboard  from  Farmers7  Bulletin  No.  270. 

4.  Short  dialogue,  or  selected  music. 

5.  Kinds  of  Flowers  and  Shrubbery  Most  Suitable  in  Beauti- 
fying the  Yard  of  the  Country  Home,  and  What  Time  of  the  Year 
They  Should  Be  Planted. 

6.  Question  Box. 

7.  Discussion  of  Labor- Saving  Devices  for  the  Home. 

Suggestions :  Put  special  stress  upon  the  need  of  conveniences 
within  the  home  for  the  farm  wife.  The  water  supply,  the  means 
of  doing  the  laundry,  the  arrangement  of  the  kitchen,  pantry,  and 
dining  room  should  be  given  special  attention.  Improved  farm 
machinery  has  relieved  the  man  on  the  farm  of  much  of  the 
drudgery  of  farm  work;  but  economic  appliances  and  labor-saving 
devices  for  the  farmer's  wife  within  the  home  have  been  almost 
entirely  neglected.  The  following  farmers'  bulletins  should  be  se- 
cured from  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  and  furnished  to  the  persons  on  the  program  who 
are  to  discuss  subjects  of  which  the  bulletins  treat: 


52  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

No.  494.     Lawn  Soil  and  Lawns. 
No.  195.     Annual  Flowering  Plants. 
Xo.  527.     Experiment  Station  Work.     (Page  19.) 
No.  185.     Beautifying  the  Home  Grounds. 
No.  270.     Modem   Conveniences  for  the  Farm  Home. 
No.  248.     The  Lawn. 
No.  463.     The  Sanitary  Privy. 
No.  342.     Experiment  Station  Work.     (Page  30.) 
No.  126.     Practical  Suggestions  for  Farm  Buildings. 
For  other  references,  see  bibliography  under  systematic  study  of 
Home  Economics. 

PROGRAM  ON  IMPROVEMENT  OF  THE  RURAL  SCHOOLS 

1.  Song. 

2.  Roll    Call.     Let   each   person   answer   by   mentioning   one 
thing  the  League  can  do  to  improve  the  school  of  the  community. 

3.  How  to  Improve  the  Schoolhouse. 

4.  Reminiscences  of  School  Days  by  one  of  the  older  men  or 
women  of  the  community. 

5.  Short  dialogue,  or  a  suitable  selection  of  music. 

6.  A  Guessing  or  Conundrum  Contest  to  be  participated  in 
by  all  members  of  the  League. 

7.  (a)      What  the  Children  Eat  for  School  Lunches, 
(b)     How  to  Solve  the  School  Lunch  Problem. 

8.  The  Consolidation  of  Schools,  and  the  Transportation  of 
Pupils  to  and  from  Schools. 

9.  The   Importance  of   Teaching  Agriculture   and   Domestic 
Economy  in  the  Country  Public  Schools. 

10.     The  Financial  Value  of  Education. 

Suggestions :  It  will  be  necessary  to  eliminate  two  or  more  of 
the  above  subjects;  to  undertake  to  give  them  all  would  require 
too  much  time  for  any  one  program.  The  topics  chosen  should  be 
such  as  would  appeal  to  the  local  interest  of  the  League.  The  fol- 
lowing ljulletins  may  be  obtained  from  the  Department  of  Exten- 
sion of  the  University  of  Texas : 

No.     36.     Consolidation  of  Rural  Schools;  Transportation. 
No.  198.     Remodeled  Rural  School  Buildings. 
No.  256.     Improvement  of  School  Grounds. 


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No.  .152.     One-  and  Two-Room  Country  Schools. 
No.  234.     Addresses  on  Education. 

No.  275.     The  Problem  of  the  School  Luncheon,  Part  I. 
No.  300.     The  Problem  of  the  School  Luncheon,  Part  II. 
Recipes  and  Menus. 

PROGRAM  ON  DAIRYING 

1.  Song. 

2.  Use  of  the  Babcock  Tester  and  the  Cream  Separator.     The 
use  of  these  two  machines  should  be  actually  demonstrated  by  test- 
ing some  milk  produced  in  the  community. 

3.  How  to  Judge  Good  Butter.     A  small  prize  should  be  offered 
for  the  pound  of  best  butter  produced  in  the  community,   and 
the  different  homes   of  the  community  should  be  encouraged  to 
enter  into  the  contest. 

•i.     A  humorous  recitation,  or  a  suitable  selection  of  music. 

5.  How  to  Judge  a.  Good  Ear  of  Corn.     Each  boy  in  the  com- 
munity should  be  asked  to  bring  the  best  ear  of  com  produced  at 
his  home;  and  a,  small  prize,  or  some  distinction  or  honor,  should 
be  offered  for  the  best  ear  of  corn,  exhibited. 

6.  Debate:     Resolved,  That  Devotion  to  Fashion  is  a  Greater 
Evil  Than  the  Tobacco  Habit. 

7.  Conclusion :     Song  by  the  League. 

Suggestions :  Plan  the  programs  so  far  as  it  is  practicable  to 
iit  the  agricultural  projects  in  which  the  community  is  most  inter- 
ested. Dairying,  poultry  raising,  pork  production,  or  truck  and 
fruit  growing,  may  be  given  a  place  if  they  are  of  local  concern. 

Nothing  can  arouse  more  interest  or  awaken  the  spirit  of  inquiry 
among  school  pupils  than  a  well  prepared  short  lecture  on  the 
plant-life  creations  of  Luther  Burbank.  Just  how  he  produced  the 
seedless  prune,  the  seedless  grape,  the  thornless  rose,  the  shasta 
daisy,  and  many  other  new  kinds  of  plants,  are  questions  that  will 
arouse  the  sense  of  curiosity  and  inquiry  in  any  healthy-minded 
schoolboy  or  girl.  The  following  farmers'  bulletins  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  of  our  own  State,  Austin,  Texas,  and  those 
issued  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  will  fur- 
nish abundant  agricultural  material : 

Issued  by  the  State  Department  of  Agriculture,  Austin,  Texas : 
No.     23.     How  to  Judge  a  Good  Ear  of  Corn. 


54  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 

No.     11.     The  Babcock  Milk  Tester;  Of  What  Use  Is  it. 

Issued  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

No.  313.  How  to  Judge  a  Good  Ear  of  Corn.  Also  Bulle- 
tins 537,  253,  229,  415,  400,  and  81. 

No.  277.  Ten  Kinds  of  Work  that  the  Gasoline  Engine  Can 
Do  on  the'  Farm.  Also  Bulletins  269,  and  101. 

No.  245.  Phosphorus,  Nitrogen,  and  Potash  as  Soil  Plant  Food. 
Also  Bulletins,  406,  257,  .398,  and  14. 

No.  318.  How  Leguminous  Crops  Put  Nitrogen  Into  the  Soil. 
Also  Bulletins  372,  and  339. 

"Dr.  S.  A.  Knapp's  Contributions  to  Southern  Agriculture/' 
Yearbook  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  1909. 

The  following  book  may  be  obtained  from  the  Macmillan  Com- 
pany, Dallas,  Texas: 

"A  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Luther  Burbank,"  by  William  Sumnor 
Harwood. 

University  of  Texas  bulletins  which  may  be  obtained  free  from 
the  Department  of  Extension : 

No.  50.  What  Should  Be  Done  by  Universities  to  Foster  the 
Professional  Education  of  Teachers.  W.  S.  Sutton. 

No.  96.  The  Consolidation  of  Rural  Schools.  Una  Bedicheck 
and  G.  T.  Baskett. 

No.  146.  Crime  and  the  Treatment  of  the  Criminal.  C.  S'. 
Potts. 

No.  162.     Problems  of  Prison  Reform.     C.  S.  Potts. 

No.  196.  The  Experiences  of  Self-Supporting  Students  in  the 
University  of  Texas. 

No.  233.  Woman  Suffrage.  Biblography  and  Selected  Argu- 
ments. Extension  Series  No.  22. 

No.  234.  Addresses  on  Education ;  Declamation  Contest  of  the 
Debating  and  Declamation  League  of  Texas  Schools.  Extension 
Series  No.  23. 

No.  251.     Lectures  of  Rural  School  Education  Week. 

No.  256.     School  Gardens.     Extension  Series  No.  26. 

No.  275.     School  Luncheons.     Extension  Series  No.  29. 

No.  276.     Use  of  Food.     Extension  Series  No.  30. 

No.  278.     Cooking  Tough  Meats.     Extension  Series  No.  31. 


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No.  282.  The  Principles  of  Menu  Making.  Extension  Series 
No.  32. 

No.  283.  Announcement  of  Group- Study  Courses.  Extension 
Series  No.  33. 

No.  284.  Debate  on  Old  Age  Insurance.  Extension  Series 
No.  34. 

No.  286.  Texas'  Need,  of  Higher  Education.  Extension  Series 
No.  35. 

No.  291.  Compulsory  Education.     Extension  Series  No.  36. 

No.  292.  Literary  Societies.     Extension  Series  37. 

No.  314.  Announcement  of  Correspondence  Courses.  Exten- 
sion Series  No.  4-2. 

No.  298.  Agricultural  Economics. 

No.  305.  Nuts  and  Their  Uses  as  Foods.  Extension  Series 
No.  39. 

No.  306.  Cooking  for  the  Farm  Home.  Extension  Series  No. 
40. 

No.  311.  Athletics  in  Public  Schools. 

No.     — .  The  Financial  Value  of  Education. 

Programs  for  special  days,  holidays,  and  on  a  variety  of  sub- 
jects will  be  furnished  by  the  Department  of  Extension  upon  re- 
quest. All  correspondence  with  respect  to  programs  should  be 
addressed  to  E.  E.  Davis,  University  Station,  Austin,  Texas. 


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REFERENCES  TO  LITERATURE  ON  SOCIAL  CENTER 
WORK  AND  RURAL  LIFE 


The  references  here  given  include  such  literature  as  will  be  of 
use  to  county  superintendents,  teachers,  and  others  interested  in 
a  more  comprehensive  study  of  social  center  work  and  country 
life  improvement.  In  counties  where  this  work  is  extensively  de- 
veloped, it  is  suggested  that  a  library  consisting  of  all  or  a  part 
of  this  literature  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  county  superintendent 
where  the  books  will  be  available  for  general  use: 

"Chapters  in  Rural  Progress."  Butterfield.  $1.00.  University 
of  Chicago  Press,  Chicago,  111. 

"Neighborhood  Entertainments."  Sturgis  &  Walton,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

"Rural  Life  Problems  in  the  United  States.*'  Plunkett.  $1.50. 
Macmillan  Company,  Dallas,  Texas. 

"One  Woman's  Work  for  Farm  Women."7  Buell.  Whitcomb  & 
Barrows,  Boston,  Mass. 

"Reports  of  Commission  on  Country  Life."  Sturgis  £  Walton, 
New,  York,  N.  Y. 

"The  Training  of  Farmers."  Bailey.  $1.00.  Century  Co., 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

"Country  Life  and  the  Country  School."  Carney.  $1.25.  Row, 
Peterson  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

"Principles  of  Rural  Economics."  Carver.  $1.30.  Ginn  & 
Company,  Dallas,  Texas. 

"American  Rural  School."  Foght.  $1.25.  Macmillan  Com- 
pany, Dallas,  Texas. 

"Constructive  Rural  Sociology."  Gillette.  $1.60.  Sturgis  & 
Walton,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

"Among  the  Country  Schools."  Kern.  Ginn  &  Company,  Dal- 
las, Texas. 

"The  Social  Center."  Ward.  $1.50.  D.  Appleton  &  Company, 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

"Country  Life  Conference  Addresses."  Iowa  State  College  of 
Agriculture,  Ames,  Iowa, 


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"Home  Waterworks."  Lynde.  Sturgis  &  Walton,,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

"Co-operation  Among  Farmers/'  Coulter.  Sturgis  &  Walton, 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

"Educational  Resources  of  Villages  and  Rural  Communities." 
Hart.  The  Macmillan  Company,  Dallas,  Texas. 

"Industrial  Studies — II.  S."  Alien.  Ginn  &  Company,  Dallas, 
Texas. 

"The  Rural  School."  Culter  and  Stone.  Silver  Burdett  Com- 
pany, Dallas,  Texas. 

"The  Work  of  the  Rural  School."  Eggleston  and  Buere.  Har- 
per arid  Brothers,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

"How  to  Start  Social  Centers."  Perry.  lOc.  Russell  Sage 
Foundation,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

"'Social  Centers  in  the  Southwest."  Farm  and  Ranch,  Dallas, 
Texas. 

Home  Training  Bulletins.  W.  A.  McKeever,  Lawrence,  Kansas. 
Price  2c  per  copy. 

"The  Cigarette  Boy." 

"Teaching  a  Boy  to  Save." 

"Training  the  Girl  to  Help  in  the  Home." 

"Assisting  a  Boy  in  the  Choice  of  a  Vocation." 

"A  Better  Crop  of  Boys  and  Girls." 

"Training  the  Boy  to  Work." 

Many  valuable  bulletins  are  published  by  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  the  Extension  Divi- 
sion of  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  Madison,  Wisconsin;  the  Rus- 
sell Sage  Foundation,  New  York.  N.  Y. ;  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Austin,  Texas.  Letters  of  inquiry  may  obtain  lists 
of  these  bulletins  that  are  available. 


58  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Texas 


CONSTITUTION  FOR  THE  UNIVERSITY  HOME  AND 
SCHOOL  LEAGUE 


ARTICLE  I 
NAME 

SECTION  1.  The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  Uni- 
versity Home  and  School  League. 

ARTICLE  II 
OBJECTS 

SECTION  1.  The  object  of  this  organization  shall  be  to  promote 
the  moral,  educational,  civic,  social,  and  agricultural  welfare  of 
this  community,  and  to  provide  for  a  free  and  intelligent  discus- 
sion of  such  subjects  as  will,  in  the  judgment  of  this  organization, 
promote  the  general  harmony  and  improvement  of  the  neighbor- 
hood. 

ARTICLE  III 

MEMBERSHIP 

SECTION  1.  Every  white  man,  woman,  and  child  in  this  neigh- 
borhood shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  University  Home 
and  School  League.  Active  members,  however,  shall  be  such  per- 
sons as  may  file  their  names  with  the  secretary. 

SEC.  2.  Persons  residing  in  other  communities  shall  be  en- 
titled to  membership  upon  recommendation  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee. 

ARTICLE  IV 

OFFICERS  AND  ELECTIONS 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be  the,  following  officers:  President, 
vice-president,  secretary-treasurer,  corresponding  secretary,  assist- 
ant corresponding  secretary,  sergeant-at-anns.  Either  the  president 
or  the  vice-president  shall  be  a  woman.  The  corresponding  secre- 
tary shall  be  a  teacher  of  the  public  schools  of  the  community, 
and  the  assistant  corresponding  secretary  shall  be  a  permanent 


The  University  Home  and  School  League  59 

resident  of  the  community.     The  sergeant-at-arms  shall  be  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  school  trustees. 

SEC.  2.  All  officers  shall  be  elected  a:t  the  first  meetings  held 
after  January  1st  and  July  1st,  and  they  shall  serve  for  a  period 
of  six  months,  or  till  their  successors  qualify.  All  elections  shall 
be  determined  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  members  present,  and  only 
active  members  of  fifteen  years  of  age  and  above  shall  be  permitted 
to  vote  or  hold  office. 

ARTICLE  V. 

DUTIES   OF   OFFICERS 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president  to  preside  at 
all  meetings  of  the  organization,  and  to  act  also  as  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  vice-president  to  preside 
at  all  meetings  of  the  League  in  the  absence  of  the  president,  and 
to  discharge  all  other  duties  of  the  president  when  the  president  is 
absent,  incapacitated,  or  for  any  reason  is  not  able  to  act  as  presi- 
dent. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary-treasurer  to  keep 
the  minutes  of  each  meeting  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as 
are  generally  performed  by  the  secretary  of  an  organization.  It 
shall  further  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary-treasurer  to  receive  and 
disburse  upon  order  of  the  organization  any  funds  belonging  to  the 
organization,  and  to  make  such  reports  regarding  same  as  may  be 
required  from  time  to  time. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sergeant-at-arms  to  see 
that  the  building  is  lighted  and  that  it  is  in  proper  condition  of 
holding  all  regular  and  called  meetings  of  this  League.  It  shall 
also  be  his  duty  to  provide  such  equipment  as  may  be  necessary  to 
hold  all  meetings,  and  to  restore  order  whenever  called  upon  by 
the  president. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corresponding  secretary  to 
receive  and  answer  on  behalf  of  the  organization  all  communica- 
tions, to  communicate  from  time  to  time  with  the  Department  of 
Extension  of  the  University  with  reference  to  assistance,  lectures, 
programs,  leaflets,  and  other  literature,  that  may  be  furnished  to 
the  organization  by  the  University.  It  shall  further  be  the  duty 
of  the  corresponding  secretary  to  make  such  reports  of  the  activi- 


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tie?  of  this  organization  as  may  be  asked  for  by  the  Depart  in. •:  ' 
of  Extension  of  the  University.     The  assistant  corresponding 
retary  shall  help  the  corresponding  secretary  and  shall  act  as  cor- 
responding secretary  in  case  of  the  absence  or  inability  of  the  cor- 
responding secretary  to  act. 

ARTICLE  VI 

COMMITTEES 

SECTION  1.     There  shall  be  the  following  committees:     Tin 
ecutive  committee,,  the  program  committee,  and  the  publicity  com- 
mittee, and  such   other  committees  as   may   ho  determined    upon 
from  time  to  time. 

SEC.  2.  The  executive  committee  shall  consist  of  the  presid-.  nt 
of  this  organization,  a  member  of  the  local  board  of  school  trus- 
tees, and  some  other  person  to  be  chosen  by  the  League.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  committee  to  consider  matters  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  the  League,  making  such  recommendations  as  may  ap- 
pear necessary,  and  to  act  for  the  League  in  all  matters  that  require 
attention  before  the  next  meeting  of  the  League. 

SEC.  3.  The  program  committee  shall  consist  of  the  corre- 
sponding  secretary,  a  minister  residing  in  the  community  (if  n»! 
available,  any  other  person).,  and  any  other  member  of  the  League 
residing  in  the  community,  the-  members  of  said  committee  to  he 
elected  by  the  League:  provided,  that  at  least  one  member  of  this 
committee  shall  be  a  woman.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  com- 
mittee to  arrange  programs  for  all  meetings,  and  to  engage  the 
services  of  such  speakers  as  will  make  the  meetings  profitable  mid 
interesting. 

SEC.  4.  The  publicity  committee  shall  consist  of  the  con-p- 
sponding  secretary  and  two  other  members  appointed  by  the  piv-i- 
dent.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to  make,  whenever 
practicable,  announcement  of  programs,  and  to  furnish  to  :!M- 
county  superintendent  and  to  the  local  newspapers  such  mainii! 
for  publication  as  may  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  League. 


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ARTICLE  VII 

M  KETINGS. 

SECTION  1.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  League  shall  be  held 
•at  such  times  during  the  session  of  the  school  as  may  be  deter- 
mined by  the  League;  provided,  that  there  shall  be  at  least  six 
regular  meetings  during  each  scholastic  year;  provided,  further, 
that  a  majority  of  the  members  present  at  any  regular  meeting 
may  authorize  other  regular  meetings  during  the  time  that  school 
•is  not  in  session.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  executive 
committee. 

SEC.  2.  The  executive  committee  may,  with  the  executive  com- 
mittees of  other  Leagues  in  the  county,  provide  for  joint  meetings 
whenever  advisable,  and  for  the  county  educational  rally  and  ex- 
hibit to  be  held  in  March  of  each  year.  A  State  meeting  of  the 
Leagues  m&y  be  provided  for  by  the  Department  of  Extension  of 
the  University. 

SEC.  3.  Any  member  of  the  League  shall  be  eligible  to  attend 
any  county  or  State  meeting  of  the  University  Home  and  School 
League  which  may  hereafter  be  arranged  for. 

ARTICLE  VIII 
DUES 

SECTIO^  1.  No  dues  shall  be  required  for  active  membership 
in  the  University  Home  and  School  League.  The  executive  com- 
mittee shall  recommend  to  tho  League  methods  for  procuring  funds 
necessary  to  meet  local  expenses  that  may  be  incurred;  provided, 
that  no  person  shall  be  deprived  of  his  membership  on  account  of 
hi>  failure  to  contribute  to  such  expense  fund. 

ARTICLE  IX 
QUORUM 

SECTION  1.  Any  ten  active  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business  at  any  regular  or  called  session  of 
the  League. 


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ARTICLE  X 

AMENDMENTS 

SECTION  1.  This  Constitution  may  be  amended  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  voting  members  present  at  any  regular  session. 

ARTICLE  XI 
BY-LAWS 

SECTION  1.  This  League  shall  adopt  such  by-laws  as  may  be 
deemed  advisable  by  a  majority  of  the  members  present  at  anv 
regular  meeting;  provided,  that  the  By-laws  adopted  shall  con- 
form to  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution. 


IMPOKTANT 

Whenever  a  University  Home  and  School  League  has  been  or- 
ganized, the  corresponding  secretary  should  transmit,  without  de- 
lay, the  names  and  addresses  of  all  the  officers  and  of  the  members 
of  the  committees  of  the  League  to  E.  E.  Davis,  University  Sta- 
tion, Austin,  Texas,  to  whom  the  officers,  the  members  of  commit- 
tees, and  other  persons  interested  should  apply  for  advice,  informa- 
tion, assistance,  or  literature  with  respect  to  any  phase  of  the  work 
of  the  League. 


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